With regard to the capabilities of the forests for export purposes, there is an abundance of mature and over-mature _Padouk_ throughout the Andamans. Gurjan oil trees, _Gangaw_ (the Assam "Ironwood"), suitable for sleepers, and _Didu_, suitable for tea-box planking, are extremely abundant. For the extraction of these species labour alone is required. The forests are situated, in most cases, on the coast, or on or near to navigable creeks leading to the sea, and are capable of easy and economical working.--_Andaman and Nicobar Gazette._ APPENDIX D CENSUS, ANDAMAN ISLANDS, 1901 ANDAMANESE +-----------+-----------------+-----------------+--------+--------------+ | Name of | ADULTS. | CHILDREN. | | | | Tribe. +-------+---------+-------+---------+ Total. | Remarks. | | | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | | | +-----------+-------+---------+-------+---------+--------+--------------+ | | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | | | Châriâr | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 39 | | | Kôrâ | 31 | 32 | 14 | 19 | 96 | Lately | | | | | | | | discovered. | | Tâbô | 15 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 48 | Hitherto | | | | | | | | unknown. | | Yére | 98 | 80 | 26 | 14 | 218 | | | Kede | 24 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 59 | | | J[=u]wai | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 48 | | | Kôl | 6 | 2 | 3 | ... | 11 | | | Bojig-yáb | 31 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 50 | | | Balawa | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 19 | | | B[=e]a | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 37 | | | Jarawa | 280 | 210 | 55 | 40 | 585 | Estimated. | | Öngé | 303 | 273 | 63 | 33 | 672 | Do. | +-----------+-------+---------+-------+---------+--------+--------------+ | TOTAL | 844 | 717 | 192 | 129 | 1882 | | +-----------+-------+---------+-------+---------+--------+--------------+ The number of children among the Andamanese is probably understated. The census operations have brought to light a new tribe, the Tâbô of North Andaman, and have proved the recently discovered Kôrâ tribe to be comparatively numerous. In explanation of the small numbers of the newly discovered Tâbô tribe, the census party were informed that when a contagious disease was recently introduced among the Tâbôs by the Châriâr or Kôrâ tribes of the coast, they proceeded to kill off all those attacked until very few of the tribe were left.--Supp., _And. and Nic. Gazette_, March 2, 1901.