The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-05
COL. j. e. CAMPBELL, A DEPUTY
CONSERVATORY, IN ST.
PAUL.
BRITISH ARMY OFFICER,
WHO HAS HAD CHARGE OF THE
TIMRERED LANDS OF THE DE-
TENDENCY.
Have No Saw Mills and Lumber Is
All Cut by Hand at Low
Wages.

Col. j. Il. CampDeli, VI ZIG DAieAoA
army. and who has been serving Ior
the past five or six years as deputy
conservator Of forestry in India, Is one
Of the most interesting takers who has
been in the city for many days. Col.
Campbell was registered at the Ryan
yesterday, and during the afternoon
went over to inspect the mills.
Col. Campbell has jurisdiction over
GOO square miles Of timbered lands at
the base Of the great Himalaya noun
tains His official duties are to carry
out the British forestry la,Ws,e which
are probably more strict than those
of any other nation on earth. I'm INDIA
the populace is antagonistic to the
preservation of the forests, which
makes Col. Campbell's duties still more
difficult.
1.-THE forestry lands of India are very
extensive even yet" said Col. Camp
bell to a reporter for the G o e yes
terday when you stop to think that
India has a population over S5O,OoO,Ooo
people, in comparatively limited
space. it would seem strange that at
this date much timber is left. The
cutting at one time was going on at
frightful rate, and the British govern
ment passed special forestry laws
which were applicable to her colonies.
So for the past forty years, the gov
eminent has kept firm hand on lndla
and limited the annual cut of timber.
The government demands a revenue
from the timber lands and those VINO
cut the forests are required to pay Tor
the privilege. Last year the revenue
to the British government from lnola
alone was over Fl, 100000, and the fund
increases each year.
s"The lumber industry of India is not
as great as you might be LED 10 eA-
rect from the size of the population.
The people in the villages do not con-
sumo lumber to any great extent Inc
poorer people live in huts OF various
materials. Lumber manufacturing IS
still very primative. There was time
when saw mills were placed IN opera
ton in the Himalaya lumber country
but for some reason they were not sue
cessful, The lumber is now all sawed
by hand. In the spring of the year.
thousands of lumber sawyers come up
into the mountains and work for
ridiculously small wages during the
summer. Their aggregate product
sawed by hand probably would not be
equal to a. weeks saving in one Amer1-
can mill, but it is considered large
output in India.
,...,The principal variety of lumber cut
in teak, which is the finest ship tim
Der known. Teak grows to great
size in the mountain sloes.
There is another variety called sal, but
if does not equal teak in strength or
l1ghtness."
Col. Campbell, in his trip across the
Pacific. stopped at the Islands of New
Zealand, where he spent several DAYS
looking around. The population OF
New Zealand is about 100000, the pop
ulation being spread over tne Gh rec
islands wellington, the capital OF the
islands. is a modern ana ousy cis ~ o 0n
40. 900 people, and Auckland has o0,ooo
people. The city appears like modern
civ of America with it's handsome
buildings and paved streets.
Col. Campbell left last evening FOR
the East.
Arthur Kilbourne, chief physician at
tho Rochester asylum, was in the city
Yesterday and registered at the WIND
sor.
J. A. Batter and Miss Baker. Of Mon
tana, wealthy citizens of that western
state. were registered at the Ryan yes
terday.
cooroe w Palmer. of Wooster, O., is at the
Merchants.
John w. Thickres, of Mine Center. inter
ested in large gold fields in that vlclnlty' Is
at the Merchants.
Miles B. Coogan, of Butte City, is at the
Clarendon.
7. w. Lewis, of Shawano, Wis, is at the
Clarendon.
Huntling of Mason City, is at the Clar-
endon.
w. H. sanderson, of Bismarck, N. D., is at
the Windsor.
Arthur T. Kilbourne. of Rochester, is at
the Windsor.
F. M. Eddy of Glenwood is at the Wind
Sor.
SUMMER RESORTS.