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MEASUREMENT OF WHOLE WOODS. 



be measui-ed with the face of the measurer towards the north 

 or south. Or the change can be made at alternate trees. In 

 this manner average diameters are obtained. 



r. The Boolciwi of ihe Measurements. 



In measuring' the diameter, the gaugers call out each 

 measurement and in mixed woods also the species ; the book- 

 keeper enters each announcement, repeating it at the time, so 

 as to prevent mistakes. 



A book-keeper may work with one or two gaugers, the 

 party taking a narrow strip of the wood at the time ; each tree 

 is marked as soon as measured, preferably with chalk.* 



The booking can be done in a variety of ways, as the follow- 

 ing samples will show: — 



The first two methods of booking are least liable to errors. 



* In some parts of India it is customary to paste small pieces of paper on 

 the trees, each different coloirr representing a distinct class ; this method haa 

 for its object to facilitate the control exercised by the supervising officer. The 

 method was introduced by Mr. E. Ellis, Deputy-Conservator of Forests. 



