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allow for the required material in calculating the possibility. 

 In the latter case the removal of the right-holders' trees 

 would be regulated as was necessary but separately from the 

 fellings made under the principal provisions of the plan. 



Hxamplef—lhe nlimber of trees required annually by the villagers has been 

 estimated as follows from the average consuunption of the past five years. These 

 trees will be marked by the Eange Officer for removal by the right-holders on produe- 

 tion of their passes ; — 



Hitherto free-grant trees have been marked in an irregalar manner, the sam? 

 village often obtaining trees from different looaliliej, and th^ paople frequently being 

 allowed to select their own trees regnrdless of the well-beinc; ot the fordst. . This 

 ranst cease, and all trees should be marked by the Rmjjar according to the principles 

 applicable in selection fellings. 



{in) Sowings and plantings. — The question of sowings 

 and plantings should be discussed, only such details with 

 regard to their execution being given as appear to be neces- 

 sary for the guidance of the local officers. 



Emample. — It is proposed to introduce tun and other superior kinds of trees into 

 the crop by planting in the coppice. The want of good species to serve as standards 

 and the increased value that such standards would add to the forest have been fully 

 explained. To enable these plants to hold Iheir own in the deusie coppice growth 

 (only certain kinds of shade-supporting species could be so introduced) good-sized 

 seedlings should be planted in pits. Nurssries should be established in the c:)mpart- 

 ments to be felled three years in advance of the felling. 



Sites for nurseries should be chosen in well-drained losalities. The nursery beds 

 should be terraced, and the seeds should be sown in lines, afoot apart, in November 

 and December. Whilst in the nursery, the young plants should be protected in 

 seasons of drought and frost by grass tatties raised a few feet off the ground. Thfl 

 young seedlings should be put out immediately the rains set in. 



{iv) Eoads, buildings, and other works of improve- 

 ment. — The improvements indicated above are more or less 

 connected witii the method of treatment adopted. There 

 are, however, many works, such as tlie improvement of 

 boundaries, the construction of roads and buildings, and, in 

 many oases, the clearing of fire-lines which may concera all 

 the working" circles. 



