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 K. F. B,A(&$WtMI AtYN(AR wtch e o uil/ fl, ! found peDditure of ar. drbd firewood  &lone several so-called "middle-class"  that the ex- ranged who made &u independent Government prison, with inmates, for whom food is cooked, only once in special fuel saving firewood,. This would tion ss st least 3It lbs. ovens, buys daily give the per pits about 600 s day, a ten of eonsump- 8. A small Hostel, for 40 Brahman students, st Madras, which provides wo cooked meals daily, and warm water for baths twice in the week, uses up 8 tons of firewood tion of over 6 lbs month. This gives & consump- & day, for an individual. The amount of auxiliary fuel used is not known. 4. My friend, Mr. K.A. Nilsksntsn, M. A.,  reports & few families, st Madras, living very economically, whieh conserve whatever auxiliary fnel they are able to obtain and cook only contrive to get on with once a day, and thereby as little as 2t to lt lbs of wuxiliary fuel, the svsils, ble quently. firewood per dy, per individual. The figures furnish- ed' by  careful f&mily in T&njore District indiesto & consumption of about tl lbs of firewood t Air-dried wood usmdly 0enidins not while freshly felled wood centsins s much flee 8eztou's p,, l- t Now Pmbso0e of History in the Hindu quantity of excluding which yea-los ttmu twenty per cent of router, fifty to sixty per cent of water. ulv cobso, Banam. enquiry st Conservator) my instance. 2. A large 5 lbs. to 10 lbs. s person, per diem, in areas wlMre there was no speei difulty in obtaining firew)d. Such s funily would cook twice a day, and also use up some fuel in the preparation of & light tin, or occasional warm water fo baths. My results agrse with those obtained by an experienced Forest Officer in Tr&v&ncore (Mr. K. S. N&r&yana Aiy&ng&r, Assistant