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CHAPTER VII. 



DISPOSAL AND SALE OF WOOD. 



THE disposal and sale of wood includes all the transactions 

 by which wood passes directly or indirectly into the hands of 

 the consumer. A distinction is made between the disposal of 

 the wood, and its sale, as two questions are pending : to whom 

 in the first place shall the wood be delivered? then, how 

 shall this be effected ? 



SECTION I. DISPOSAL OF WOOD. 



According to the nature of the produce of a forest, the 

 demands made on it, and the various intentions of its owner, 

 different destinations may be given to the converted wood on 

 a felling-area. The demands on the forest are of a double 

 nature : they are either legal demands which limit the freedom 

 of the owner in disposing of his produce, as in the case of 

 forest-servitudes, contracts, etc. ; or the owner is absolutely 

 free to dispose of the produce according to his own wishes. 

 In the latter case the question arises, whether the forest-owner 

 will be disposed to consider the requirements of residents in or 

 near the forest ; or will merely study his own direct interests, 

 a very different matter. It is obvious that in both these cases 

 he will consider first of all what wood he requires for his own 

 special wants. 



As all these different modes of disposal of forest produce 

 remain about constant year by year for a separate unit of forest 

 management, there is generally no difficulty in subdividing the 

 annual yield of a forest according to certain fixed heads, which 

 must now be considered seriatim. 



1. Wood delivered to Right-holders* 



Wherever a forest is burdened with wood-servitudes, the right- 

 holders have the first claim to the produce of a felling-area. 



