CONTROL OF WORKING PLANS. 



(b) To give the means of comparing the provisions of the 

 working plan with the execution or actual results. 



The special shape to be adopted depends on local circum- 

 stances, but information on the following points is required : 



(1) Kesult of each cutting according to quantity and amount 



realized by its sale. 



(2) A comparison of the estimate with the actual results. 



(3) The harvest of minor produce according to receipts, and 



if possible, quantity. 



(4) The data showing the net results of management. For 



a sample see table on previous page. 



(5) The means of following up the history of each wood 



or compartment, as illustrated on page 384, 

 Appendix C. 



3. Renewal of Working Plans. 



When the period for which a working plan has been prepared 

 comes to an end, it must be renewed. Such a renewal may, 

 in some cases, amount to an entirely new plan; but in the 

 majority of cases much of the work done on the first occasion 

 can be used again, only subsequent changes being noted. 



The most important part of what remains from the pro- 

 visions of the first working plan is the allotment of areas, or 

 the order of cuttings then initiated ; but even this frequently 

 requires modification. 



The task at a renewal is, strictly speaking, the same as on 

 the first occasion, except that a good portion of the work need 

 not be done over again, and that the experience gained during 

 the past period makes that task a much easier one than on the 

 first occasion. Hence it may be indicated as follows : 



(a) Investigation of the manner in which the provisions of 

 the former working plan have been carried out, 

 whether there were reasons for departing from them, 

 and if so what they were. 



