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forests in the state In which they actually are ; those interests also 

 prove, now more than ever, that the management of these forests 

 ought to seek as far as possible to realize the conditions of Economic 

 Exploitability. 



The rules which define the manner in, and the extent to, which 

 the Communes may utilise their own forests are laid down in Sections 

 69, 70, 72, 137 and 140 of the Forest Edict. Section 65 of the 

 Forest Code, applicable by virtue of Section 112 to Communes as well 

 as to individuals possessing rights of user, rules that the quantity of 

 produce that may be removed can always be regulated in accordance 

 with the condition and yield of the forest, and that in case of any 

 contention being raised, reference is to be made to the Prefectoral 

 Council. 



The other sections relate to facts of a special nature. But ta- 

 king them as a whole, we find that the right of appropriating the 

 produce of their own forests is a usufruct of a special kind, regulated 

 as far as possible by custom, and subject to reservations and restric- 

 tions, and which usufruct it is desirable to limit to the trees that are 

 exploitable, whether so by reason of their maturity or because they 

 have attained the most useful marketable size. This last restriction 

 is made compulsory in respect of coppice standards. 



SECTION V. 

 Application of the Various Kinds of Exploitability. 



We have thus seen that the Exploitability suited to any given 

 forestj grove or tree depends entirely on the character of the pro- 

 prietor. In forests that are required to yield chiefly ligneous pro- 

 ducts, the private individual will find it to his advantage to work in 

 accordance with the rules of Commercial Exploitability, the State 

 according to those of Economic Exploitability, and the Commune ai 

 much as possible in this latter direction. It is only in the matter of 

 details in applying any kind of Exploitability that account has to be 

 taken of the special character of each forest, block of trees of the 

 same age, wood worked on the Selection System, simple copse or 

 copse with standards. 

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