135 



and the area occupied by each kind of crop should be record- 

 ed. Where the stock has been simply assessed by eye, a sum- 

 mary description of the crop in each sub-division may be given. 



:Ea!ample.—T!he records of tlie detailed enumeration show that the standing stock 

 may be classed as follows : — 



Trees (exploitable) over 2' in diameter 

 .. li' to 2' iu „ 



rto IJ'in 

 » below 1' in ,. 



. 65,871 

 . 87,846 

 . 63,000 

 . 927,000 



"Where the crops had been differentiated as to their com- 

 ponent age-classes the summary analysis would be given 

 by area : — 



Matnre, regular" high forest from 100 to 150 years old 

 Selection-worked high forest from 40 to 150 years old 

 Pole crops fi-om 50 to 90 years old ... 



Former coppice, undergoing seed and secondary fellings 

 Young thickets and seedling crops .... 

 Blanks and glades ...... 



Acres. 



1,208 



1,14.4 



955 



87 



626 



167 



Total abba . 4,187 



Purpose with which the forests should be managed. — The 

 object or purpose in view, such as the production of timber 

 of a certain kind and size, the protection of the trees or 

 whatever it may be, should be deduced from the facts re- 

 corded in the first part of the Report and be plainly stated. 



Example. — The facts recorded in paragraphs 12 to 15 of this Eepoi-t show that the 

 forests should be worked so as to provide fuel aud timber for the local population. 

 Timber of the largest size is not required, aud the beams or poles in demand can be 

 obtained from trees of one foot in diameter. 



Method of treatment.— The proposals for the management 

 of each working-circle should be discussed separately, com- 

 mencing with the sylvicultural method of treatment. The 

 method should be explained and its adoption justified by a 

 brief explanation of the reasons which render it advisable or 

 necessary to employ it. 



JExample. — Although the coppice system introduced in 1871 has not been followed 

 in all its details, its general principles have been adhered to, and, broadly speaking, 

 have given the results that were sought. It is therefore proposed to continue this 

 method of coppice with standards. The method of high forest, it might be argued, 

 woald also furnish both timber and fuel, aud furnish timber in much larger quantities 

 than would be possible under the method of coppice with standards. The present 

 state of the area, formerly set apart for treatment as high forest, does not, however, 

 favour the conclusion that the method of high forest is suitable to the species 

 which the forest contains. The volume of standing timber is undoubtedly great ; 

 but the trees have in general a forced and unhealthy appearance ; and it is not impro- 

 bable that high forest could only be regenerated by artificial means. Every indica- 

 tion points to the conclusion that the principal species thrives best when grown in a 

 state of partial isolation. It finds these conditions when grown as standards over 

 coppice ; aud, as far as can be seen at present, by adopting this method we are more 

 likely to furnish timber of good quality than by any other method of treatment. 



