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REPORTS OF TIMBER CUT. 



When a cutting area is laid off and timber marked or otherwise 

 designated to be cut, the forest officer in charge of the work will 

 notify the supervisor that this has been done, and will also report 

 the date when cutting actually begins. While cutting is in prog- 

 ress he will report to the supervisor, in all classes of sales, upon 

 the form provided, the amount of timber cut and the condition of 

 the tract. 



Reports will coyer periods of one, two, three, or four weeks, as 

 may be required by the supervisor. The period will in every case 

 end with Saturday. These reports may be omitted when the 

 work is discontinued for a considerable period, as in winter. 



The reports will be made out and sent to the supervisor in dupli- 

 cate. One copy will be kept in the files of the supervisor; the 

 other will be sent by the supervisor to the Forestsr. 



In very large sales, where a sealer is regularly employed, an 

 abstract of the scale book, on the form provided, will be sent to 

 the supervisor in addition to the regular report. This abstract 

 will be sent at the end of each week by the sealer in charge. The 

 supervisor will send an approved copy of the abstract to the pur- 

 chaser. When the amount cut, as shown by the reports, reaches 

 that covered by the first payment, whether a partial payment or 

 in full, the supervisor will so notify the Forester upon the form 

 provided. This statement will be independent of any possible 

 further payment, even though a second deposit may be made 

 before the timber covered by the first is cut. Every sale contract 

 provides for a system of separate advance payments, either one or 

 more. The Washington office wishes to know when the purchaser 

 has received the amount of timber covered by each. 



When all the timber has been removed and the cutting area 

 cleaned up satisfactorily the supervisor should notify the Forester, 

 with a recommendation that the sale be closed. 



TIMBER SETTLEMENTS. 



REG. 27. When a right of way or other special privi- 

 lege is granted within a forest reserve, the Forester may, 

 in his discretion, without advertisement, fix the price and 



