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not be a misfortune, and preferable to the maintenance of a full 

 canopy consisting to a considerable extent of cancerous trees. The 

 existence of enormous quantities of such trees on the granite 

 area was one of the reasons which led to the yield being fixed at its 

 present rate. 



5. Utilization. 



a. Yield of Major Produce. 



The actual yield during the last 40 years has been as follows : 



From the appended statistical table it will be seen that the 

 estimated increment of the next ten years amounts to 1,086,130 

 cubic feet. 



The actual growing stock amounts to 9,488,731 cubic feet 

 The normal 7,892,160 



The surplus of 



1,596,571 



