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rides. Too often present convenience influences a manager's 

 choice to the prejudice of permanent efficiency. Regard 

 must be paid not only to the transport of the harvested 

 material, but also to matters of forest management connected 

 with the proper division of the area. The aim should be to 

 extract the produce in the most direct manner consistent with 

 a low expenditure in money, time, and labour ; but along with 

 this to give consideration to the interests of the growing 

 stock. 



CHAPTER VIII 

 FOREST MANAGEMENT 



FOR the economic management of the forest, it is necessary 

 to ascertain its possible permanent yield, and in order to treat 

 the woods systematically, operations must proceed according 

 to a definite plan. The work in connection with forest 

 management embraces : ( I ) The survey and division of the 

 area, and the projection of the same on a map or maps ; 

 calculation of the volume contents, and the increment or 

 rate of growth ; and a detailed description of the woods. 

 (2) The scheme of management : determination of the future 

 treatment of the wooded area, selection of species and length 

 of rotation, calculation of the yield in short, the preparation 

 of what is called a "Working Plan." (3) The guidance 

 towards fulfilment of the work indicated in the plan. 



Survey and Division of Forests 



There must, in the first instance, be a partition of very 

 large tracts of forest into conservancies, ranges, and inspection 

 areas. These are further considered in their individual parts 

 as blocks, compartments, and subdivisions. The compartment 



