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dead trees, as well as reserves overturned, felled, or broken, which the contractor refuses 

 to take under the conditions specified in Arts. 46 and 39. Under these circumstances 

 the contractor will be bound to allow the lumberman to bring his workmen and tools 

 into the felling area. . . . 



Art. 41- — All collection or removal of cones, where the trees are standing or felled, is 

 strictly forbidden. These products are not part of the sale and their removal will be 

 prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Art. 44 of the Forest Code. 



Art. 42. — The contractors may establish in the interior of the felling areas workshops 

 for the manufacture of wood, huts, charcoal pits, forges, distillation outfits, and steam 

 sawmills only after making a demand (free from stamp rights) of the local Waters and 

 Forests agent who shall designate in writing the location and areas where leaves, moss, 

 stones, brush, and sod considered necessary (for construction purposes) shall be removed. 

 This material shall be granted free of charge, but the holes caused by the trees' removal 

 shall be immediately filled up and leveled. Charcoal pits shall be surrounded at 4.4 

 yards from their base by a ditch 4.9 inches wide at the bottom. The ground between 

 the base of the charcoal pit and the ditch surrounding it shall be entirely cleared. Fire 

 cannot be Ughted before October 1 and will be put out before March 1 of each year. 

 The chimneys of steam engines and other similar apparatus must be covered with metal 

 screens, fine enough to prevent the ejection of sparks. The contractors must, besides, 

 take all precautions prescribed by the Waters and Forests agent and shall be bound to 

 conform to the laws and rules in force. Under any circumstances they shall be held 

 responsible for damage resulting from the use of these machines and apparatus and 

 from fire which occurs in consequence. 



Art. 43. — The contractor shall have the privilege of constructing, in the cutting 

 area, on areas indicated by the local Waters and Forests agent or his representative, 

 huts for the lodgement of the resin workers. These huts shall be required to be demol- 

 ished and the material removed within two months after the period fixed for the com- 

 pletion of the removal of the timber or of the tapping. In default, or beyond this period, 

 the houses will become the property of the owner of the forest. 



Art. 44. — Existing houses which can be put at the disposal of the contractor will 

 be suitably maintained during the period of exploitation and rendered in perfect state 

 of habitation. . . . 



Other special rules which bind the contractor are as follows: 



He can build new roads where necessary. 



He is forbidden to drag wood on carriage roads, to sUde or roll wood down steep 

 slopes or to graze work animals in the forest. The removal of all products must be 

 finished by November 15 for improvement cuttings and by April 15 for regeneration 

 fellings. 



The other rules are similar to those given under timber-sales clauses, p. 438 of the 

 Appendix. 



RULES FOR TAPPING IN THE NAINI TAL DIVISION AS AT PRESENT 



IN FORCE 



The following revised tapping rules are circulated for guidance: 

 2. Attached is a statement showing the areas so far set aside for tapping. Early in 

 the year the trees in the areas set aside for tapping will be numbered with a serial number 

 as the numerator and the numbers of the channels as the denominator, e. g., 2674/2 

 which means that 2,674 is the serial number and 2 the number of pots the tree is to 

 carry. Each compartment will have a series of its own. The forester or a trusty forest 

 guard can number the compartments to be light tapped and the range ofiicer those 



