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Remarks. 



13. This rule, while it allows valuable land to be cultivated, 

 will also preserve the streamlets that rise on the plateaux. 



14. The idea here is to prevent spurs and offsets of moun- 

 tains being left unwooded, and only a part of the mountain 

 reserved. 



15. The boundary-line of reserve will follow the elevation 

 and depression of ridge. This will prevent unsatisfactory 

 disputes as to where boundary should be, were a line between 

 the tops of two distant peaks taken for the ridge. 



16. This is obvious, but were it not stated, injurious decisions 

 might occur. 



17. Requires no explanation, but unless mentioned the 

 elevation might be taken from any part of the base line. 



18. There are some who maintain that trees ought not to be 

 felled on mountain reserves. This is equivalent to keeping up 

 an estate at great expense, and only deriving half benefit from 

 it. Felling and disposing of mature trees will be utilizing 

 what would otherwise be allowed to waste on the ground. 



19. This will facilitate working, insure order, regularity and 

 economy in forest work, and from the produce being found on 

 a limited and compact area, a greater price may be anticipated 

 for it than if it had to be collected from an unknown and un- 

 limited extent of country. The periods (from 6 to 12 years) 

 should be fixed to answer the time when the greatest amount 

 of produce will attain maturity, and so insure the least amount 

 of waste. 



Section III. — Community Reserves, 



20. Were reserves to supply the natives with timber, fire- 

 wood, &c, not set apart, the wants of the native community 

 would be unprovided for. The result would be the constant 

 plundering of the other reserves when the country was settled 

 and land occupied, and much heart-burning and bad feeling 

 would ensue. A reserve of this kind might belong to one 

 village or it might supply several villages ; and from these 

 reserves the natives would have liberty to supply their legiti- 

 mate wants unquestioned. 



21. The principal idea in this is to prevent that abuse of 

 produce in one year, which would cause scarcity or want the 

 next year, or several following years. 



22. It is important that Government should know the con- 

 dition of these reserves, that produce be not abused nor reserve 



