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in tlie scheme of management and working. 

 Next, a full description is prepared of the 

 extent, the plan of division, the boundaries and 

 the legal rights attached to the forest. Then 

 comes a general description of the configura- 

 tion, climate, soil, forest growth, the plan of 

 treatment hitherto pursued, the conditions of 

 the local timber market, and the current wages 

 paid. All this information is accompanied by 

 reference to the sources from which it is obtained, 

 and this record, when complete, forms the 

 material from which the new plan of manage- 

 ment is drawn up by a Commission. In prepar- 

 ing this plan, with its descriptive record, full 

 particulars are given of the division of the forest 

 into compartments and blocks or ranges, and 

 the reasons therefor ; also of the form of 

 management for each block, or part .of a block, 

 whether high forest, coppice, standard coppice, 

 etc. ; the length of the rotation or cutting 

 period, and the methods to be pursued in carry- 

 ing out felHngs and thinnings ; the estimated 

 annual yield, and the period within which the 

 forest is to be brought under a regular and 

 systematic course of management. Such a 

 record, it is obvious, requires very careful 

 examination of the stock of growing timber, 

 and it is here that the duty of the valuator comes 

 in. He examines and describes the class and 



