652 Forestry Quarterly 



'^Regulations Governing the Granting of Concessions in the National Forests 

 in Manchuria."^ 



Art. 1. With the exception of those portions reserved by the Government, 

 concessions in the national forests in Manchuria may be granted in accordance 

 with the following niles, such grants to be limited to the timber contained 

 therein. 



Art. 2. The right to request such concessions is limited to Chinese indi- 

 viduals or to corporations organized under Chinese law. International agree- 

 ments previously made under special ndes or conditions shall be effective up 

 to their time of expiration. 



Art. 3. In case any forest tract previously granted may be considered by 

 the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce to be necessary for reservation as 

 either a protection forest or for public use, the concession may be cancelled, 

 but the cancellation must not in any way injure the interests of the conces- 

 sionaire. The rules governing the details of such cancellation shall be drawn 

 up by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in a separate form. 



Art. 4. The applicant for a concession shall first present to the Bureau of 

 Forestry a formal request for the investigation and survey (of the tract in 

 question) and the said Bureau shall recommend such request to the Ministry 

 of Agriculture and Commerce for consideration and approval; or else the 

 applicant may present such a request for investigation and survey to any 

 Magistrate or to any forest office, whereupon the official of the office in question 

 shall submit recommendations to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce 

 through the corresponding Tao-yin' and the Governor of the Province. 



Art. 5. Such request shall contain the following information: 



1. The name, native province, residence and age of the applicant. 



2. The amount of capital he proposes to invest. 



3. A statement of the boundaries and area of the forest tract, together with 

 a map and description. 



4. A list of the species, number, lengths and sizes of trees (or logs) he pro- 

 poses to cut. 



5. A plan for cutting. 



6. Logging equipment. 



7. Sawing equipment. 



Art. 6. If the application is made by a corporation, it shall contain, in 

 addition to the items specified in Article 5, the following additional information: 



1. The names, native places, residence, occupations and ages of the origi- 

 nators and managers of the corporation. 



2. Regulations and rules of the corporation. 



Art. 7. At the time of presenting the application, the applicant shall 

 pay the following amounts to cover the expenses of investigation and survey; 

 to wit, for every 10 square li (a li is slightly more than one-third of an English 

 mile) $100.00, Chinese Currency,* and one dollar for every additional square 

 li. If the Bureau of Forestry or the Magistrate after investigation and 

 survey should report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce that it is 

 inadvisable to grant the forest tract requested, one half of the sum paid for 

 investigation and survey shall be refunded to the applicant. 



* The author is fully aware of the ambiguity of the phrasing in many of the 

 passages which follow. He has considered it safer, however, to content himself 

 with as close a translation as it has been possible to secure, rather than to try 

 to increase its intelligibility by coloring it with his own opinion of its real 

 meaning. 



' A Tao-yin is an official of intermediate rank and authority between the 

 Governor of the Province and the Magistrates of the various districts or 

 Hsien. Thus a Tao-yin has supervision over several magistrates, but is 

 subject to the authority of the Governor of the Province. Author. _ 



* The exchange value of the Chinese dollar varies within fairly wide limits; 

 but for convenience it may be considered about equal to or slightly less than 

 fifty cents, United States currency. 



