In the Andamans and Nicobars by C. Boden (Cecil Boden) Kloss

Author:C. Boden (Cecil Boden) Kloss [Kloss, C. Boden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781879155497
Google: EpmZzQEACAAJ
Publisher: White Lotus
Published: 1995-01-15T00:42:48+00:00

First of all the industries of the Andamans is that of timber, and to accelerate and increase it a Steam Tramway has been instituted, and there are now some 14 miles of line connecting the forests with the shores of Port Blair. As a further adjunct, Steam Saw-mills were erected in 1896, and a Forest Department, that employs 500 to 600 men daily under its own officers, not only supplies the Settlement with the whole of its requirements in timber from the local forests, but also exports timber and forest produce to various places in India and Europe. Of these latter exports, rattans and gurjan oil are the chief; other natural products of the islands are trepang—bêche-de-mer—tortoiseshell and edible birds' nests, but they are only collected in small quantities.

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