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logs that now reach the Plains, and mark the 

 higher rates realised for the few longer logs that 

 sometimes reach the Plains safely, I think we 

 may say confidently that any operations which 

 would enable logs of 60 feet long to reach the 

 market uninjured might be advantageously under- 

 taken at a cost representing a tax of four annas 

 per cubic foot. But the problem is not only to 

 bring the logs down safely, but so cheaply as to 

 create a market for the total annual increment. 



The difficulties are unquestionably very great, 

 and should not be undertaken except on carefully 

 prepared estimates by qualified engineer officers ; 

 but it is not too much to assert that the successful 

 administration of our forests hinges mainly on the 

 facilities for timber transport. 



