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Part I will therefore contain no prescription or provision for 

 the future, which will all be given in their appropriate place in 

 Part II. In Part II, the basis of future management is the object 

 of management as defined, and from this are deduced successively 

 the species (if any choice is possible), the method of treatment, 

 and the size of maturity under the object of management, from 

 which again is deduced the rotation. These sections should be 

 written coherently and logically, in concise and exact terms. 



Chapters II, III and IV have to be written separately for 

 each working-circle. 



56. Control Form and Forest Journal. 



A working-plan is not of much use unless its prescriptions are 

 carried out. The control book is a means of ensuring continued 

 adhesion to the plan, and at the same time it forms a record of 

 the progress of the forest under the working-plan. It is mostly 

 kept in tabular form, with one book for each working-circle, and 

 one page (or more if necessary), for each year. 



On the left-hand page is a table prepared showing in detail 

 the provisions of the plan ; principal fellings, subsidiary fellings, 

 cultural operations, roads, buildings and works of all kinds, in 

 each locality, with the acreage of each, with the quantity of 

 material to be extracted, or expenditure to be incurred, are set 

 forth in tabular form for the year under review. On the right- 

 hand page opposite, a similar table is presented, in which are 

 fiUed in corresponding entries, showing what has been actually 

 done under each heading, and what operations have been carried 

 out, and their result in material and in money. A brief statement 

 is made to explain each deviation from the provisions of the plan, 

 and the reasons for the non-fulfilment in whole or in part, of any 

 operation prescribed. Any changes in area are recorded. This 

 control book is prepared each year at the close of the working 

 season by the forester in charge, and submitted to the owner of 

 the forest for his approval and orders. 



An abstract of the results of the year's working in timber and 

 other produce, and a similar financial return for the year's 

 revenue and expenditure, with the results compared with pre- 

 vious years' figures, should be drawn up at the same time. 

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