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may be for the first year 60 centimetres (24 inches), "and each 

 of the following years 70 centimetres (27 inches) provided the 

 total height of the face does not exceed 3.40 metres (4 yards)" 

 at the end of the 5-year tapping period. The maximum widths 

 are 9 centimetres (4.54 inches) the first year, 8 centimetres (3.14 

 inches) the second, third, or fourth and 7 centimetres (2.75 inches) 

 the fifth. The incision below the cambium must not exceed 

 I centimetre (0.39 inch). New faces must, if possible, be on 

 the opposite side of the tree. Where the full tapping term 

 cannot be enjoyed the conservator has the privilege of modi- 

 fying the maximum heights and widths. The season for reg- 

 ular tapping is March i to October 3 1 . 



Special Rules. — In order to insure that the employees of 

 the purchaser take a keen interest in observing the rules, it 

 is provided that any individual may be excluded from the sale 

 area for trespass, poaching, or insubordination. 



A feature of long-term sales which has perhaps an interest 

 is the possible change in management during a sale lasting 

 20 years. Suppose the purchaser is 40 years old at the time 

 of the sale, he has only 74 chances in 100 of living to see the 

 sale completed, according to the American mortality tables 

 in use by the Equitable Life Insurance Co. If the successful 

 completion of the sale depends on, let us say, three partners, 

 the ratio against success is trebled. But subsequent managers 

 cannot complain that in Corsica the conditions of the sale were 

 not fully explained beforehand, because the sale circular is very 

 complete and all the regular cut is marked before the auction. 



Ordinary Sales Data. — As the best example of the data 

 furnished bidders before an ordinary auction the conservator 

 picked out the following: 



"Art. 9. — Forest of Valdoniello. Communal property of 

 Albertacce. Maneville Canton — Poggi beat at Ciatterino. 



" Block I. Compartment K (part). Management felling area 

 No. 12. Lot I (North). 



" Selection felhng including 300 Corsican pine, 2 of which are 

 windfalls, marked for felling, on the root and bole, with the 

 federal marking hatchet, to wit: 



