INTRODTJCTION. Ill 



The suggestions contained in the work are, however, 

 merely intended as an aid in the preparation of working-plans 

 and are not issued as a code of official instructions. - 



OffPiCE OP Inspbotoe, Geseral of Forests, 

 Simla, August 1895. 



PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. 



As the present stock of D'Arcy's " Preparation of Forest 



Working-Plans in India " has been exhausted, a third edition 



lias been printed to meet future requirements. The text has 



not, in any way, been revised, but is identical with the 



■second edition (revised), which was published in 1895. 



Oepice of Inspector Gekeral of Forests, 

 Simla, September 1898. 



PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. 



A new edition of D'Arcy's treatise on " The Preparation 

 of Forest Working-Plans in India " having become neces- 

 sary, the opportunity has been taken to introduce various 

 -changes chiefly with the object of making the notes more 

 Tiseful as a text-book for forest students at the Imperial 

 Forest College. At the same time the whole has been re- 

 rarranged and brought up to date. 



Great care has, however, been taken not to alter in any 

 way the original scope of the work, which is intended merely 

 as a guide for the drawing up of such simple plans as are 

 alone possible or called for in the present state of forestry in 

 India. For this reason, the various volumetric methods of 

 calculating the possibility have only been briefly alluded to ; 

 -whilst the calculation of the financial rotation and the appli- 



