REGISTERING THE YIELD. 



accounts with the woodcutters ; for by multiplying tbe con- 

 tracted rates of pay per unit of produce by the quantity of 

 material, the total amount due to them is easily calculated. 

 Owing, however, to the generally impecunious condition of the 

 men, it is usual from time to time to pay them advances in 

 respect of work done; generally these are made every fortnight, 

 or weekly. The sums paid should be proportional to the work 

 done by the men, that always can be calculated roughly. In 

 ordor to prevent the risk of over-payment and keep the men 

 at the work, about one quarter of their earnings is kept back 

 till the whole work is done ; then the balance is paid to the men 

 after deducting all their advances from the total amount due 

 for tho work. 



It is generally tho duty of the foreman to draw the payment 

 from the forest cashier, and distribute it among the different 

 parlies of woodcutters. "Wherever the work has been given 

 to a contractor, he will be paid for it in full. 



To attempt to pay ready money for tho whole work during 

 its progress, as portions of tho wood are felled, converted and 

 placed in the depot, is only to introduce complications and 

 unnecessary trouble into tho business. 



