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serviceable length. This gives a volume equal to about 60 per cent, of the actual volume 

 of the round log, leaving a margin of 40 per cent, for bark arid waste in squaring. 



ISSUE OF LICENSES. When the felling season opens, licenses may be issued by the 

 forest guard for those trees that are marked, measured, and numbered. A license book is 

 required for the purpose. It should contain a round number of licenses, each 

 numbered and the number repeated on a counterfoil which forms a duplicate of the 

 license, kept for reference. Suitable forms should be printed on the licenses, for entering 

 particulars of each tree granted and of the manufactured wood subsequently stamped. An 

 abstract of the conditions under which it is granted should also be included on the license. 

 Licenses are often roughly handled during a long period, and should be printed on tongh 

 paper, such as bank-post. As a rule, licenses should not be issued for less than one 

 hundred cubic feet of wood. 



LICENSE RATES. I should recommend the adoption of the following scale for the 

 valuation of standing timber for sale. The contents of the squared timber having been 

 arrived at by deducting 40 per cent, from the contents of the round log, the following 

 charges should be made for each cubic foot : 



Umzimbeet (Milletia Caffra and M. Sutherlandi), Is. 6d, 



Sneezewood ( Ptceroxylon utila) "| 



Stink wood (Ocotea bullata) 



Hard Pear (Olinia cymosa) ) Is. 



Assagai (Curtisia faginea) 



White Pear (Apodytes dimidiata) J 



Red Pear (Scolopia Ecklonii) "} 



Natal Mahogany ( Kigyelaria Dregeana and K. Africana) 



Saffraan ( Elceodendron visceum) 



Rood Els (Cunonia Capensis) } lOd. 



White Milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) 



Red Milkwood (Mimusops obovata) 



Bitter Almond J 



Quar (Plectronia obovata) 



Ironwood ( Olea laurifolia) 



Beukenhout (Myrsine melanophleos) 



White Ironwood ( Toddalia lanceolata and T. Natalensis} 



Upright Yellowwood (Podocarpus Thunbergii) 



Outeniqua Yellowwood (Podocarpus elongatus) 



Kamdeboo Stinkwood ( Celtis rhamnifolia) 



Wild Chesnut (Calodendron Capense) 



Essenhout (Ekebergia capensis and E. Meyeri) 



Paardepis (Hippobromus alata) S 4d. 



Wittehout (Ilex Capensis) 



Zwarthout ( Celastrus penduncularis) 



Ylier (Nuxia floribunda) 



Bogabog (Xylosma monospora) 



Other woods. 



Under the present regulations, the charge for wagonwood is three pounds for a 

 wagon load of 600 running feet ; which is at the rate of one shilling and two pence 

 halfpenny for each cubic foot. The tariff proposed is therefore more moderate than the 

 present. 



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