Current Literature. 8l 



Cottonwood will not renew itself on cut-over land unless spe- 

 cial care is taken in logging. Natural reproduction may be em- 

 ployed to advantage in some places but in others it will be neces- 

 sary to employ artificial reproduction exclusively, and it will be 

 desirable in most cases to supplement natural with artificial re- 

 production to secure a fully stocked stand. R. C. B. 



Annual Report of the Director of Forestry of the Philippine Is- 

 Imids for the fiscai year ending June 50, jp/5. Manila Bureau 

 of Printing. 1913. Pp. 65. 



In discussing legislation passed during the fiscal year, men- 

 tion is made of the attempt to revise a portion of the Forest 

 Act, passed in 1905. providing for the method of payment for 

 stumpage cut from Public Lands. The legal forest charges are 

 based on the volume of the round log but if the licensee elects 

 to manifest his timber after it is sawn, he may do so by paying 

 an additional 15 per cent, on the lumber manifested. The latter 

 practice has been adopted by all millmen since the 15 per cent, 

 addition is absurdly inadequate to cover the waste in manufacture. 



Great encouragement has been given to wasteful practices in 

 slabbing, edging and trimming lumber. The millmen also saves 

 only the best grade boards which he can sell at a good profit and 

 throws away inferior grades with no loss to any one except the 

 Government. The law is so favorable to millmen that eflforts 

 to change it have so far not met with success. 



A new policy has been adopted in the management of the 

 forests which are now being cut under exclusive licenses. The 

 areas are being classified into agricultural land and forest land 

 and a definite policy of cutting prescribed for each. 



Fire protection is also being forced on the licensees with good 

 results. The requirements include the use of spark arresters on 

 locomotives and logging engines, and the maintenance of an ade- 

 quate patrol. These are the chief features at present but if 

 licensees do not keep fire from their areas by these means, they 

 will be forced to burn their slash. 



Authority is to be requested from the next i\ssembly for the 

 appointment of Field Assistants, who will be drawn preferably 

 from the ranger stafif of the U. S. Forest Service. These men, 

 if appointed, will be placed in charge of large timber sales. The 

 appointment of a lumberman will also be requested. 



