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different forests, the boundaries of workinsr- 

 circles and of administrative charges, etc., etc. 

 (2) Separate maps for each circle, on a scale not less 

 than 4 inches=l mile, indicating the boundar- 

 ies of blocks, compartments and coupes. 



Description of the crop in each block.— It is generally- 

 expedient, when a plan of a permanent and detailed 

 character is prepared, to record separately for each sub-divi- 

 sion into which the forest has been divided, and with such 

 minuteness as the circumstances of each case require, the 

 more important points connected with — 



(«) the situation, relative position of the area and (in 

 hilly country) aspect and slope of the ground ; 



{b) the soil, nature of underlying rock, state of the 

 surface soil, its composition and physical 

 condition, depth and general fertility ; 



(c) the composition and condition of the standing 

 crop, type or class of forest ; component species 

 and their relative proportions, age, density 

 state of growth including reproduction ; past 

 treatment, most suitable treatment ; general 

 remarks. 



It has already been explained that much of this informa- 

 tion may be graphically represented in a stock map, and that 

 such maps may supplement, if they do not replace, the 

 written descriptions. In any case the written record should, 

 in order to fulfil its purpose, be as brief as is consistent with 

 clearness. Lengthy descriptions defeat the object with 

 which the record is framed, as the mind fails to grasp the 

 picture offered and loses itself in details. With the object 

 of rendering these descriptions as little cumbersome as pos- 

 sible they are usually made in the form of a tabular 

 statement such as that reproduced below. The growing 

 stock must be described with accuracy. In describing a 

 coppice, the coppice and the over- wood or standards should 

 be taken account of separately. In the case of crops for 

 which the possibility has been prescribed by area only, no 

 enumeration of standing stock would be made. The 

 following are some examples : — 



