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The writer of this Report was directed by the Governor General in Council to examine the forests in the Western Himalaya, with a view to obtain reliable information regarding the timber sources of that Province, and to institute a systematic plan of Conservancy and Management. The author explored the great rivers, and their tributaries in succession, from east to west, beginning with the Pabur, Tonse, and Giri, which flow into the Jamuna, and proceeding west as far as the Khyber Pass.
During the author?s inspection, he found that the rudest system of converting and launching the logs prevailed, and that the enhanced value of timber had led to an indiscriminate felling of the finest trees, threatening speedily to exhaust the deodar forests, and to deprive the State of those supplies which were essential to the construction of Public Works. The physical difficulties of transport from the Himalayan forests being very great, systematic and skilled management were imperatively called for.
The object of this Report has been to describe the forests of the Western Himalaya, where the most valuable timber is found; to enumerate all economic plants observed during the journeys; and to record the various district rules & tenures, affecting the introduction of Forest Conservancy; so as to present a connected statement of the condition of the wooded tracts of the Punjab and adjacent countries. Lists of useful trees and shrubs found in the valleys of different rivers have been introduced with the vernacular names carefully ascertained, and their economic uses noted upon; these will, it is hoped, prove useful.

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