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(2.) Description of boundaries and names of the adjoining 

 properties and their owners. 



(3.) Topographical features of the locahty. 



(4.) General description of the geology, soil and climate. 



(5.) Former and present proprietors, financial position 

 of the latter, whether the funds for formation, 

 tending, administration, amelioration, etc., are avail- 

 able ; whether specially heavy cuttings must be made 

 to meet the demands of the proprietor. 



(6.) Nature of proprietorship, whether full and unfettered 

 property, or whether servitudes and privileges rest on 

 it ; in the latter case their extent should be recorded. 



(7.) Eights enjoyed by the proprietor of the forest elsewhere, 

 such as rights of way or floating, or rights over other 

 lands, etc. 



(8.) Requirements of the surrounding population and con- 

 dition of the market for forest produce generally ; 

 special industries in the vicinity which require forest 

 produce, such as mines, smelting works, saw mills ; 

 imports which compete with the local supply ; sub- 

 stitutes for wood available in the vicinity. 



(9.) Extent of forest offences, their causes, effect upon the 

 forest ; suggestions for their prevention. 



(10.) Labour available in the vicinity ; rate of wages. 



(11.) Past system of management; changes introduced from 

 time to time ; prescriptions of former working plans 

 and their effect upon the forest. 



(12.) Natural phenomena which have affected the condition 

 of the forest, such as storms, snow, frost, fire, insects, 

 fungi, etc. 



(13.) Conditions of game and cattle grazing ; their effect 

 upon the forest. 



(14.) Past seed years of the more important species. 



(15.) Opportunities for consolidating the property, either by 

 exchange or purchase ; conversion of fields, meadows, 

 etc., into forest, or tlie reverse. 



(IG.) The staff" of the forest, its organisation and efficiency. 



