398 THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



The foregoing shows the method of entering in my note-book the lots, 

 numbers, valuations, and result of a small public sale. Extensive sales 

 are conducted in a different way, as will be afterwards shown. With 

 such a statement taken previous to the day of sale, the forester will be 

 prepared to see how the sale goes on, and whether he is receiving the 

 full value of the thinnings, provided his own valuation has been care- 

 fully taken. 



The first five columns will of course be filled in before the sale, the 

 remaining two as the sale goes on. 



Having got all the lots in order, the sale will then have to be brought 

 under the notice of the public ; and this is usually done by advertising 

 in any local or other papers where the notice is likely to be brought 

 most prominently before parties for whom the timber is suitable, and 

 also by putting up handbills in public places. 



Where there is only a smalLquantity of timber for disposal, the demand 

 will most probably be local, and therefore local notices will suffice ; but 

 where there is an extensive sale, purchasers will be induced to come from 

 a distance, and therefore a more extended notice must be given. 



Previous to the day of sale, the conditions under which the timber is 

 sold must be drawn out, which will be read to the company present by 

 the auctioneer. 



The following is a copy of the conditions of sales on this estate when 

 sold by public auction : 



CONDITIONS of SALE of WOOD to be sold by Auction on Wednesday 

 the day of 18 . 



1. The highest bidder to be the purchaser, with the exception that if the last or 

 best bidding shall be considered by the forester to be below the real value of the said 

 lot, then the same shall be reserved to the proprietor. 



2. Should any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the lot in dispute to be 

 immediately put up again and resold. 



3. All the wood to be removed and every other expense performed by the pur- 

 chaser, and to be at his own risk after each lot has been knocked down by the auc- 

 tioneer. 



4. In its removal from the ground, or any way on the estates through which it has 

 to pass, the purchaser must at all times be under the control of Major Stapylton's 

 forester. 



5. Purchasers will be allowed until the of to remove their purchases 

 from the estate. Any timber found on the ground after that date will belong to the 

 proprietor of the soil. 



6. Any damage done to standing timber, or other trees, lands, crops, gates, or fences, 

 shall be paid for by the purchaser, who must at once pay the amount on its being 

 ascertained by the forester, whose decision shall be final on such matters. 



7. Payment of the purchases to be made to the forester within six days. In the 

 event of a settlement not being made by that time, the timber will again become the 



