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In similar working plans the usual practice has been to close every coupe 

 for 10 years after felling. This results in the boundary between open and 

 closed forest being slightly altered from year to year, and where the head of 

 cattle is large a good deal of trouble and confusion is caused both to the people 

 and the forest subordinates. 



For this plan the following arrangement has been made : 



There are 4 felling blocks, each containing 60 ooupes. Bach block 

 has been divided into 6 sub-blocks for grazing and privilege purposes. 

 These sub-blocks, which are marked A, B, C, D, E and F, are approxima- 

 tely of equal area that is, each should theoretically consist of 10 coupes. 

 *But as compactness and easy recognition of the sub-block boundaries are 

 the chief desiderata, the standard of 10 coupes per sub-block has not always 

 been adhered to. Some sub-blocks contain as many as 15 coupes and 

 others only seven or eight. 



Two sub-blocks will always be under closure. That is A+B will be 

 closed while 0, D, E and F are open. Supposing A consists of 10 coupes 

 then at the end of 10 years B+C will be closed and D, E, E and A open 

 and so on. 



As far as possible no two adjacent sub-blocks will be closed at the 

 same time. Sub-block A will be at the opposite end of the felling block 

 to Sub-block B. There will always be at least one sub-block open in the 

 immediate vicinity of each village or hamlet, and all open forest will be 

 common to all cattle of the felling block. 



A'change in grazing area will only occur once every 10 years (appro- 

 ximately) and little confusion should arise. The boundaries of the sub- 

 blocks have been made as simple and obvious as possible. The map attached 

 to the report shows what areas are open to each village or hamlet in 

 any year. 



The following table shows the number of cattle and amount of grazing 

 area available for the villages of each block : 



