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extra pay, can be proceeded against under the Act, as this 

 constitutes a refusal." 



(3) Beating out fires and counter firing . The general technique. 

 General instructions to Eange Officers in both hills and plains 

 forests are given as appendix no. IV. 



(4) Internal firelines. Plains. It is accepted that in ordinary 

 circumstances counterfiring is as likely to be successful from a 

 narrow line or road as from wide fire line but in the case of large 

 blocks of forest it is advisable to have a few wide lines up to 200' 

 broad because it has been found that under very unfavourable 

 circumstances such wide lines are more efficient than ordinary 

 counterfiring lines and may save a large block from total destruc- 

 tion. With this exception it is considered that a road or a narrow 

 line with a cleared path is sufficient for counterfiring and that air 

 wider interior fire lines might be abandoned. 



Existing lines on which a growth of> trees and bushes can be 

 confidently expected should be abandoned at once. As regards 

 other lines each Divisional Forest Officer must decide what can be 

 done with due regard to safety. The degree to which the line is 

 used as a road will be an important factor. 



No general principle regarding the number of lines can be laid 

 down but the system of counterfiring lines should coincide with 

 compartment lines as far as possible. 



In the sal and miscellaneous submontane forests of the low 

 hills the same principle of the advantage of narrow counterfiring 

 paths over firelines is accepted. In cldr forests a few internal 1 

 firelines not less than 100 feet broad, clearfelled along main ridges 

 are essential, and should be supplemented by narrower lines 

 or scraped paths in special areas (regeneration areas and resin 

 coupes). The usual practice in the hills is to burn firelines from 

 fire traces. 



(5) The protective establishment. Fire watchers can only be 

 used at telephone stations or at look-out points (towers or tops of. 



