PHILIPPINE FORESTRY 543 



ing, and cutting and logging regulations tions of licenses ; fines for violation of 



to perpetuate the forest in case of lum- the Forest Act and the forest regula- 



bering. tions ; caihgins without license stopped ; 



For the working plan, much informa- inspection of homesteads ; more rigid 

 tion of a political and social nature will examination and requirements for the 

 be collected : Card catalogue of all offi- approval of the same, and the collection 

 cials and influential men, with remarks ; of stumpage charges on forest products 

 lists of licensees, and all men using the in cooperation with muncipal treasurers 

 forest and on whom dependent ; land and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. , 

 status work, including location and his- At present the work of collecting 

 tory of all claims ; location of all people stumpage charges is in the hands of the 

 in the forest, including a special study Bureau of Internal Revenue, and is done 

 of the non-christian tribes (Montescos, mainly through municipal treasurers. It 

 Negritos, etc.). It will be the policy is very difficult for these ofiicials, not 

 of the Bureau of Forestry to encourage experts in timber and never getting 

 ignorant natives in becoming independ- baok into the forest, to properly handle 

 ent farmers, cultivating homesteads of this work. The Bureau of Forestry, 

 their own. These natives should be en- cooperating with the municipal treas- 

 couraged in taking up homesteads on urers, will be able to secure for the 

 good land, much of which is illegally government a much larger revenue 

 held by caciques, and not allowed to go from forest products cut in these two 

 back into the forest to make caihgins in forests than has been heretofore col- 

 poorer soil, where they destroy much lected. 

 valuable timber. 



In connection with the work of or- ^^^^^^ needs of the bureau 

 ganizmg these two permanent forests, 



the bureau will undertake to establish .^j^^ g^^^^^ ^^ Forestry has in its 



communal forests for neighbormg bar- ^j^^ ^o-day the necessary infor- 



rios and municipalities, on the public n„cleus of the force to 



land most conveniently located to them, "^^t^°" ^"'^ .^ "^^^^^' °* j^^. *°/^^^. ^° 



from which timber for personal use can start an active, efficient administration 



be taken without a stumpage charge, of what should be permanent forest land 



This will check the villagers from going in the islands."^ What it will need 



a great distance back into the forest to more and more, in addition to trained 



get their timber for personal use, where Filipino foresters, will be increased ap- 



they do much damage to the forest, propriations for carrying on the work. 



Where there is no public forest near the ThJs could be provided for by allowing 



town, the municipality will be encour- gj^y pgj. ^^^^ qj. n^Qj-e of the revenue 



aged to establish one by planting up derived from forest products sold from 



public grass land and every assistance ,y^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^j^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^._ 



possible m the work will be given by ^^ P^^^^^ ^^^ 



the bureau. Experimental planting work \ ^f 



in connection with the different munici- the maintenance and improvement of 



pal schools will be carried on by the the forests. 



Bureau of Forestry, cooperating with "In all countries where forestry has 



the Bureau of Education, which will be been practiced for a long period of years, 



a good way to start planting of com- there has been a steady increase of 



munal forests. the revenue from the forest, and this 



The general administrative work on increase has been directly dependent 



the Bataan and Negros forests will in- ^^^^^ ^|^g amount spent in the care and 



elude : Granting of Hcenses to cut tim- protection of these forests. In Prussia 



ber and other forest products, with reg- .^ ^g ^^^ government annually spent 

 nlations as to where and what shall be 

 taken, in order to preserve the pro- 



ductivitv o-f the forest ; fines for viola- 'Circular No. 3, Bureau of Forestry. 



