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And by: 



"ART. 26. The purchaser will have the right to peel 

 (trees) standing, but with the following restrictions: 



"i. To cut before peeling, at the foot of each of the trees 

 marked for felling, an annular notch o.io metre (about 4 

 inches) above the ground extending just to the wood. 



"2. To fell these trees at or below the notch so that the 

 bark of the stump will wholly adhere to the circumference 

 of the stump surface. 



"3. To finish the felling before the first day of March 

 following the date of peeling." 



The privilege of tapping for resin is granted free: 



"ART. 27. Unless otherwise indicated in the bill of sale 

 and in the minutes of sale, the pine marked for felling can be 

 tapped for resin without any special charge." 



On account of the great danger from fires, clearing around 

 points of special hazard is obligatory: 



"ART. 32. The purchasers will be bound, before starting 

 any fire on these areas, to grub and completely clear the soil 

 of all inflammable material at least 2 metres (7 feet) wide 

 around these areas, and to take besides every precaution 

 prescribed by the Waters and Forest agent with a view of 

 preventing (forest) fires. It is forbidden to have any lighted 

 forge or to light any fire outside the huts during the period 

 between the 1 5th of June and the 1 5th of September inclusive. 

 Any violation of this article will render the contractor liable 

 to the penalties prescribed by article 148 of the forest code." 



As in France the purchaser is required to pay for trees dam- 

 aged during logging, but in Corsica a much lower scale of prices 

 is levied because the prevailing stumpage rates are correspond- 

 ingly less: 



"Trees from 6 to n cm. (2.4 to 4.3 inches) inclusive, o.io 

 franc ($0.019) per 10 cm. (3.9 inches) of circumference; from 

 12 to 19 cm. (4.7 to 7.5 inches), 0.20 franc ($0.038); from 20 

 to 29 cm. (7.8 to 11.4 inches), 0.35 franc ($0.067); over 29 cm. 

 (11.4 inches), 0.50 franc ($0.096)." 



It is evident from clauses 39 to 41 which follow that the road 

 systems on Corsica forests are far from complete; in fact one 



