1<5() SALE OF WOOD 



y. Delircry of ITood to tin: PurcJiascrs. 



The sale having been confirmed, the wood of the difl'crcnt lots 

 is delivered to the purchasers immediately after the sale, uuless 

 there is any difficulty in furnishing security for payment. If 

 the sale is held in the forest, this is done either by handing over 

 the wood at once, and by giving each purchaser a written order 

 of removal for the wood he has bought. ^Yhen sales are not 

 held in the forest, the forest manager assembles all the pur- 

 chasers at the felling-area or depot, on a day fixed as soon 

 as possible after the sale, and shows each purchaser his wood. 

 Either then, but generally at the auction, each purchaser 

 obtains his permit to remove his wood, on which is stated — the 

 place where the wood is lying, a sufficiently clear description of 

 the wood sold, the price to be paid for it and sometimes the 

 dates when payment should be made. This permit should then 

 1)0 taken to the forest cashier and the price paid to him, when it 

 is returned stamped and receipted, and the purchaser can then 

 remove his wood. When credit is given, and payment is there- 

 fore not immediate, the forest cashier should notify to the forest 

 manager the names of any purchasers regarding whose solvency 

 he has any doubt ; in such cases, the wood must remain in the 

 forest until paynu'Ut has been made, or satisfactory security 

 provided. 



Sometimes a period of time is fixed during whicli the forest 

 manager is responsible for the safety of the purchasers' wood 

 lying in the forest. 



• As a rule, however, wood once sold and delivered to the pur- 

 chaser remains at his risk after he has received the permit for 

 its removal, although the forest guards are expected to watch it 

 carefully and prevent fraud. In many districts — as, for instance, 

 in the Rhine-valley — the forest owner declines all risk for the 

 sold wood, but a special guard is appointed and paid for by the 

 puichasers for one or more felling-areas, to protect their wood 

 when lying in the forest. A fixed rate of payment is then 

 allowed for every stack of wood, every log and every hundred 

 faggots, which is paid to the guard by each purchaser on 

 the removal of his wood. This institution of a guard for 

 felling-areas is generally tacitly agreed to by all purchasers 



