8 REPORT OF FORESTRY BUREAU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



and are in constant touch with parties handling even small quantities. 

 Each official in the provinces keeps a diary of his daily operations, a 

 transcript of which is submitted to the office in Manila every fifteen 

 days. In addition is submitted a summary of forest products inspected 

 by him during this period, .the amount ordered paid into the internal- 

 revenue office, and, finally, any observations he may consider necessary 

 for the information of the central office. 



Each shipment of forest products is inspected, classified, and 

 appraised by him, and each log is stamped with the bureau mark. A 

 copy of the manifest made out at this time is sent to Manila, a dupli- 

 cate copy being given to the man in charge of the shipment. Upon 

 arrival at its destination the forest product is again inspected and 

 measured by a forestry official, and can not be disposed of until every 

 requirement of the regulations is complied with. B} T this means a 

 constant check is kept on all forest products taken from public and 

 private lands. The manifest shows the name of licensee, location of 

 cutting, the dimensions and value of each log cut, the name of the tree 

 species, and a record of payment. This manifest appears at Manila 

 shortly after the tree is felled. A glance at the manifest shows at 

 once if the regulations are being followed. The restrictions as noted 

 in the following articles act as a guaranty against any wholesale 

 slaughter of timber, provided these regulations are enforced. At first 

 some opposition was manifested to the many restrictions thrown 

 around the licensees, but this opposition disappeared as they became 

 better acquainted with the service and found that the double inspection 

 of their shipments and the official papers did not delay the movement 

 of their cargoes to market, as in the former administration. 



ART. 59. 1. Licenses to gather or utilize forest products in the state forests shall be 

 granted by this office. 



2. Applications for said licenses must be delivered to the chief forestry official of the 

 forest district or section, or to the district commander, who shall forward same to 

 this office with the necessary indorsements of the forestry official of said district. 

 In the application shall be stated the kinds of forest products desired, and the place 

 where said products are to be gathered. 



3. The gathering or utilization of forest products can be done only in the forests of 

 the province specified in the license. If the concessioner should cut or gather forest 

 products in the forests of any other province, said products shall be considered as 

 unlawfully cut. 



4. No charge shall be made for licenses, nor for the authentication or making out 

 of manifests. 



5. Reserved forests, and the species of trees the cutting of which is forbidden, will 

 be noted in licenses for the information of the concessioner. The felling of trees of 

 the superior and first groups, excepting ebony, camuning and lanetes, of a less diam- 

 eter than 40 centimeters is absolutely prohibited. 



6. The felling in the state forests of trees from which caoutchouc, gutta-percha, 

 and gum elastic are extracted is prohibited. 



7. The felling in the state forests of the ylang-ylang tree is prohibited. 



8. The utilization of forest products not specifically mentioned in these regulations 

 shall be by license, and said utilization shall be governed by special conditions, 

 which may be ascertained upon presentation of application for a license to utilize 

 said products. 



ART. 60. Whosoever cute or removes timber or other forest products prohibited 

 by official order, or cuts species the utilization of which is prohibited by special 

 mention in the license, shall incur a penalty amounting to four times the value of 

 the products. A copy of these regulations shall accompany each license. 



ART. 61. The concessioner must gather said forest product together and pile it in 

 the district where cut or gathered, and not where the cutting of timber or other 

 utilization of forest products is forbidden. For any violation he shall incur a pen- 

 alty of four times the value of the product gathered. 



