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property of the proprietor of the soil, and it shall be optional for him to re-expose 

 the same for sale, or otherwise, as the forester shall think proper. 



8. The purchaser shall sign the conditions of sale, thereby becoming bound to ful- 

 fil the same. 



The foregoing conditions are suitable for a small sale of timber, and 

 where there is only a local demand. 



In conducting large sales of timber by public auction, it is always best 

 to sell the trees standing, as then a good price can be got for them before 

 they are sold. I have known instances in which large lots of timber 

 were cut down before offering it for sale, and it had to be sold at a low 

 price at last, as it was beginning to spoil. 



The thinnings and clearings should therefore be marked and laid out 

 in distinct lots, and a valuation of the whole should be taken in some- 

 thing like the following form : 



