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amounts which are made only in Corsica, Tunisia, Algeria 

 (French China), and in parts of the Pyrenees where there is 

 a poor demand owing to lack of communications. 



Sales Contract Conditions. — The sales contract conditions 

 in Corsica (approved in 1909) follow very closely those given 

 in the standard sales circular for France proper; the differences 

 are minor ones and are due to different local conditions. Owing 

 to the amount of dead wood and windfalls during a long sale 

 period special provision is made : 



"Art. 20. The standing dead wood or snags within the 

 felling areas which may not have been marked for felling 

 because of advanced decay, and the wood resulting from roads 

 and fire hnes, shall become a part of the sale. The 'maquis' 

 (brush) is also included, except in high forest felling areas 

 marked for cutting. So far as these latter fellings are con- 

 cerned, the 'maquis' shall not belong to the purchaser unless 

 definitely mentioned in the special contract and in the sales 

 circular. 



*'Art. 21. Unless otherwise stated in the sales circular 

 and in the advertisement, the windfalls and dead wood within 

 the perimeter of the felling area during the logging shall 

 belong to the contractor when their (aggregate) volume does 

 not exceed jV the volume of the yield from the feUing, and 

 he shall be bound to take them under the conditions enumer- 

 ated in Part VI to follow, and to pay for the portions which 

 have a commercial value, at prices indicated in the special 

 clauses. The contractor shall be bound to take, under the 

 same conditions, the stems bent by the wind or damaged by 

 any cause aside from exploitation, which shall be shown him 

 by the Waters and Forests agent." 



According to Art. 25 the purchasers are obliged: 



"i. To hmb clean with the bole all trees felled and to cut 

 level with the ground the stems and the 'maquis' broken, 

 bent or overturned by the felling or skidding. 



"2. To regularly pile all wood, whether bole or branches, 

 cut up or capable of being split into billets measuring more 

 than 0.50 metre (20 inches) in circumference at the small end. 

 "3. To remove and pile in the same way all wood less 

 than 0.50 metre (20 inches) at the large end, the chips from 

 felling, spHtting or cording, the twigs, bark and other debris as 

 well as the stems and the ' maquis ' cut clean with the ground." 



