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or any cause not requiring a specific revocation of the permit, 

 and should notify the Forester of such action. 



If an applicant does not execute and return an agreement 

 within a reasonable time, the supervisor should make inquiry, 

 and if he refuses to execute the papers, the supervisor should, if 

 possible, secure possession of them, close the case, and notify 

 the Forester. In the case of Forester's permits, the supervisor 

 should return the unexecuted agreements to the Forester. 



SPECULATIVE APPLICATIONS. 



The policy of the Forest Service is to prevent appli- 

 cants from securing and holding valuable permits jis 

 speculative ventures, awaiting either the development 

 of the country to make them more valuable or un- 

 til financial assistance to carry them out can be secured. 

 To avoid this speculative feature, applicants must, be- 

 fore a permit is issued, make all required payments and 

 agree that any necessary construction work will com- 

 mence jvi thin some definitely stated_timej that the 

 work will ba completed within a certain period, and 

 that beneficial use of the permit will be majje for at 

 least a certain stated period eachjear. Such time is to 

 be reckoned from the date the permit is issued. The 

 supervisor and Forest officers will therefore, in recom- 

 mending the time for commencement and completion of 

 construction, take into consideration the physical condi- 

 tions, such as climate, facilities for transportation, 

 availability of laborers and materials, etc. 



After any permit has been granted, the Forest officer 

 should carefully note whether the time limitations for 

 beginning and completing construction and enjoying 

 the special uses are observed by the permittee. They 



