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deposits. This danger has now been corrected. The State lands of the Pfiguere and 

 Lizey are partly forested. The stands have been fully stocked and the openings filled 

 in by means of local species, beech, pine, and fir, and to a lesser extent, the larch, spruce, 

 birch, and alder. The total area forested amounts to 734 acres. 



APPENDIX F 



SPECIFICATIONS FOR TAPPING MARITIME PINE AND FOR FIXING 

 SHIFTING SAND DUNES 



The rules and si>ecifications governing the tapping in (o) France, (6) British India, 

 and (c) the United States are given in full. 



According to the conditions for sales for the extraction of resin (cahier des charges), 

 approved May 17, 1912, by the Secretary of Agriculture, the work will be ordered as 

 follows: 



Arts. 1-17 cover the method of sale, terms of payment, and various technical costs. 



Beginning with Part III, Exploitation, the instructions are: 



Art. 17. — The permit to cut will be delivered by the Waters and Forests agents, 

 chief of service, on the presentation (a) of certificates showing that the contractor 

 has furnished his sureties or his security and fxilfilled payments called for by Art. 12 

 of the current cahier des charges; (6) for State woods ... as provided by the 

 law of July 18, 1907. The Waters and Forests agent will sign these papers. He will 

 also deliver to the contractor if demanded: (a) A copy of the record of sale which will 

 be certified to by the secretary at the place of sale; (b) a copy of the advertisement 

 data with the articles, clauses, and conditions which concern it when this advertise- 

 ment is a part of the record of sale. All these papers will be stamped. 



Art. 18. — The contractor will dehver the permit to the head ranger and inform 

 him of the day when he expects to commence exploitation. In any case this cannot 

 be before January 1 of the first year of the cutting period. 



Art. 19. — Unless otherwise indicated (see p. 190) or contrary to the special contract 

 clauses, the extraction of resin must conform to the following provisions: 



(A) Tapping without Killing (Gemmage a vie). — The tapping will have either 

 one or two faces, according to the directions of the Waters and Forests Service. Trees 

 to be tapped with two faces are only those which have been so designated and indicated 

 in the record of sale. The faces will be begun above the root collar, but will be raised 

 vertically, following the grain of the wood. If the period of tapping is for 5 years the 

 face may be raised 23.6 inches during the first year and 25.6 inches during the follow- 

 ing years, in such a manner that the total height will not exceed 10.5 feet. If the tap- 

 ping period is 4 years (now the current practice, but see p. 193 for latest sizes) the face 

 may be raised 23.6 inches during the first year, 25.6 inches during the second year, 

 33.5 inches during the third, and 39.4 inches during the fourth, so that the total height 

 of the face shall not exceed 10.2 feet. In any case the width of the faces must not 

 exceed 3.5 inches the first year, 3.1 inches the second, 2.7 inches the third, and 2.4 

 inches beginning with the fourth. The decrease in width must take place gradually 

 so that the width of the face at the end of a year will equal the width of the face (pre- 

 scribed) for the beginning of the next year. Their depth must not exceed 0.4 inches 

 measured with a string stretched from one side of the gash to the other, beginning 

 at the red part of the bark. The tapping will take place in accordance with the direc- 

 tions from the Waters and Forests Service; either on four faces (au quart), all faces 

 being made as far as possible two by two on opposite diameters; or by three faces of 



