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The grazing allowed under the orders above mentioned is as ioUows : — 



It is always well to estimate the quantity of timber or 

 fuel for which provision must be made. This information 

 is necessary in order to arrange for the exercise of tlie rights 

 and for their regulation which, as has been seen, may neces= 

 sitate the grouping into separate working-circles or felling 

 series of the areas aifected. The bearing of the rights on 

 the management of the forest should be noticed, and it 

 should be pointed out in what way tlie rights should be 

 regulated. An endeavour should always be made to estimate 

 the value of the concessions granted. 



(») Composition and condition of the crops. — As a 

 detailed description of the crops in each block or compart- 

 ment is usually separately given or figured in tlie stock-map, 

 this section should contain only a broad general description, 

 special attention being paid to points such as the following, 

 not dealt with in the detailed description : — 



{a) The different- classes or types of forest and their 

 distribution ; principal and accessory species 

 and their relative proportions. 



(6) The condition of the crop ; the dominant age- 

 classes ; the quality and density of tha growth ; 

 absence or presence of blanks or glades. 



(c) Eeproduction ; the presence or absence of natural 

 seedlings, with explanatory remarks. 



JExample. — Taking the forest as a whole, the stock may be generally sub-divided 

 into three distinct zones which roughly occupy the following areas : — 



{1) The Karshu oak zone. — Beginning at about 9,000 feet and extending 

 to the highest point of the Tbasin. It co^iprises pure or "mixed, open or 



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