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mence to clean off the (bark of the) pines which are to be tapped 

 and place the nails from the first of February. 



He can also collect resin barrels up to the 15th of December 

 each year during the period for tapping alive. 



Art. 24. The purchaser will have the privilege of barking 

 (up to 4 metres (4 yards) in height) the trees to be tapped aHve 

 in the compartments not yet opened. He must immediately 

 dispose of the products of this work. 



Art. 25. In the case of tapping operations the exploitation 

 and removal of the wood or resin must be completely finished 

 within a maximum term of 20 years for the whole cutting area 

 counting from the day of the auction and without any extension 

 possible. 



Part IV. — Miscellaneous Rules 



Art. 26. The Waters and Forests Service and the commune 

 of Asco do not hold themselves responsible for: 



1. Fires and acts of Providence (storms, floods, avalanches, 



sHdes, etc.) which may take place in the forest during 

 the cutting period. 



2. Delays which may affect the construction of the Asco 



parish road. 



These occurrences will give under no circumstances any in- 

 demnity, deduction or reduction whatever in the sale price. 



Art. 27. Of the total number of workmen employed- by the 

 contractor either for exploitation, handhng or tapping, the pro- 

 portion of foreign laborers must not exceed a percentage of 90. 



Art. 28. The contractor must send to the Waters and Forests 

 agent, chief of cantonment at Bastia, on every request, the 

 complete Hst of the workmen employed on the woodyards and 

 workshops of the felhng area. The conservator can, on the 

 recommendation of the local agents, strike from this list those 

 persons who have committed any forest trespass, or those con- 

 victed either of poaching or insult or insubordination against 

 an ofi&cial. 



Approved at Paris by the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 January 21, igio. 



