KEPOKT OF FORESTRY BUREAU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



ART. 62. 1. The trees to be cut shall be selected and cut down close to the ground, 

 care being taken that no damage be done in falling to the adjacent trees. The con- 

 cessioner shall compactly pile the branches of all trees felled, and place said branches 

 where the least damage "shall be done to the younger growth. 



2. Forest products shall be transported as "far as possible by routes where there 

 are few trees, avoiding as far as practicable the destruction of the younger growth. 



3. Concessioners shall be held responsible for any damage to the forests through 

 failure to comply with the above requirements. They shall also be held responsible 

 for violations of said regulations on the part of their representatives or their 

 employees. 



ART. 63. When the cutting or gathering of forest products has been finished, the 

 concessioner shall notify in writing the nearest forestry official of the place where 

 said product is deposited, the classes and amount of the same, and its destination. 



He shall also state if he has left any felled timber in the forest, and if so, the num- 

 ber of trees and the classes. 



A forestry official shall verify the " statement" of forest products presented by the 

 concessioner, examining and measuring the same. He will make out, in duplicate, 

 the manifest for each shipment, and give one copy of this to the concessioner. 



ART. 64. The concessioner shall not load, sell, nor use any forest product which 

 has not been paid for, unless he has had express authority from the chief of the for- 

 estry bureau, and has given a satisfactory guaranty to that official. 



Stations have been established at the following places: 



A number of other stations will be established in the near future, as 

 conditions permit. 



As the service grows, more and more difficulty is experienced in 

 securing competent native officials. The Filipino knows nothing of 

 estimating standing timber, selection of trees to be felled, or the pro- 

 tection of the younger growth. These must be taught him by trained 

 foresters from other countries. Although authority has been received 

 by the undersigned to employ trained foresters in other countries, none 

 have as yet been secured, with the exception of the two from the United 

 States noted above. The two mentioned are not what we would call 

 foresters, but are good, practical lumbermen and will render good 

 service. We must look to tropical India and Java for trained men. 

 A recent letter from Java informs this office that an offer of $200 gold 

 per month will not induce any of their officials to enter our service, as 

 their trained men receive the following salaries: Foresters, from $130 

 to $310 gold per month; inspectors, from $320 to $440 gold per month; 

 chief inspectors, from $440 to $600 gold per month. 



The foresters of India are also very well paid, and, in addition, the 

 forestry officials of all countries but ours have the prospect of retire- 

 ment with pay after a certain number of years' service, or for disability. 

 As a rule, the scientific forester has taken his degree before entering 

 the forest school; then, after a course of between two and three years, 

 he enters the lower ranks of the forestrv service in his countrv and 



