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and used ; that means be taken to prevent fire ; and that seeds 

 be collected and sown where the trees are to grow. 



The sandalwood does not transplant readily even when 

 young, and the best way is to sow the seeds in situ, two or 

 three together, along with a few chillies to shade the young 

 plants from the sun. 



All the district of Navosa is favourable for growing sandal- 

 wood, which is one of the most valuable natural productions 

 of the forests of Fiji. The path from the native town of 

 na Wasa-kuba to Tuba-na-sola leads through the part of the 

 forest in which the sandalwood grows. 



I have, &c, 



J. HORNE, 

 Director of Gardens and Forests, 



Mauritius. 



Suggested (amended) Regulations for planting, protecting, 

 and cutting sandalwood. 



As sandalwood is very valuable, it is well that trees of it 

 be planted, preserved, and cultivated ; therefore be it enacted : 



1 . Every man in all towns in the provinces of Bua, Macuata, 

 Navosa, and Ba, directed by the Bose Vaka-Yasana, subject to 

 the Governor's approval, shall in the months of November or 

 December in each year, plant 20 sandalwood trees in a piece 

 of good land selected for the purpose by the Bose vaka-Yasana 

 and the Buli ni Tikini, and such plantations of sandalwood 

 shall be kept clean and in good order and preserved, and such 

 sandalwood shall be the property of the man who planted it, 

 or his heirs, and may be used or sold by him or his heirs when 

 it shall have attained the size mentioned hereafter as the size 

 at which sandalwood may be cut. 



2. Sandalwood growing naturally in the forests or planted 

 in a Government plantation is tabu, and no person may fell, 

 cut, or remove any sandalwood trees whatever without a license 

 from Government, or if in a private plantation the authority 

 of the owner. 



3. It is unlawful to cut any sandalwood tree less than 

 2-^- feet in circumference at 3 feet above the ground. 



4. Any person cutting or injuring a sandalwood tree of less 

 dimensions than stated in this regulation, or who has cut 

 sandalwood without a license from the Government or the 



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