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CHAPTER VIII. 



DISPOSAL AND SALE OF WOOD. 



The disposal and sale of wood includes all the transactions by 

 which wood passes directly or indirectly into the hands of the 

 consumer. A distinction is made between the disposal of the 

 wood, and its sale, as two questions are pending: to whom in the 

 first place should the wood be delivered, and then, how shall 

 this be effected ? 



Section I. — Disposal of Wood. 



According to the nature of the produce of a forest, the demands 

 made on it, and the various intentions of its owner, different 

 destinations may be given to the converted wood on a felling-area. 

 The demands on the forest are of a double nature : they are either 

 legal demands which limit the freedom of the owner in disposing 

 of his produce, as in the case of forest servitudes, contracts, &c. ; 

 or the owner is absolutely free to dispose of the produce accord- 

 ing to his own wishes. In the latter case the question arises, 

 whether the forest o'WTier will be disposed to consider the 

 requirements of residents in or near the forest; or will merely 

 study his own direct interests, a very different matter. It is 

 obvious that in both of these cases he will first of all consider 

 what wood he requires for his own special wants. 



As all these different modes of disposal of forest produce remain 

 about constant year by year for a separate unit of forest manage- 

 ment, there is generally no difticulty in subdividing the annual 

 yield of a forest accordmg to certain fixed heads, which must now 

 be considered seriatim. 



1. Wood delivered to Right-holders. 



Wherever a forest is burdened with wood-servitudes, the right- 

 holders have the first claim to the produce of a felling-area. 



