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The various subjects, which should find a place under 

 this head, may be classified as follows : — 



(1) General aclieme, 



(2) Yearly record of spring levels, of raAfall, of width o£ beds of streams and 



torrents and of high and low water therein. 



(3) Form Factors. 



(4) Fire conservancy regitters and maps. 



(5) Forest Journal. 



(6j Compartment register (for detailed statement of all trees felled year by 

 year). 



(7) Control forms (amount of dptail necessary). 



Example. — A journal, as prescribed under section 91 of the Forest Code, must be 

 kept np. This book will contain, se^iarately for each comjartment, a register of the 

 eperations carried out therein, the yield irom the fellings, thinnings, dead and wind 

 fallen trees, etc., etc. In addition to thip, a portion of the journal should be 

 devoted to a general summary of each year's worl;, to notes on experiments and obser- 

 vations made, cost of exploitation, revenue, and expenditure, and so forth for 

 the forests as a whole. 



Measurements of the rate of growth of the oak should be made regularly once a 

 year in the sample plot and should be entered in the register prescribed for the 

 purpose. The examination of the concentric rings of growth in conifers should be 

 continued. The record should be kept by compartments, and both-the aspect and 

 latitude should be invariably noted. 



Control Form No. 2. — Four separate forms should be prepared annually for the 

 forest working-circles. Conpes can be entered in totals, as the compartment register 

 will contain a record of trees felled by sub-compartments. 



(iii) Changes in the forest staff, — Any alterations 

 proposed should be indicated with such detail as cir- 

 cumstances require, and should be justified by reference to 

 facts recorded in the first part of the working-plan report. 



Example. — It has been already fally explained that the staff is inadequate and 

 must be increased if the present proposals for working the forest are accepted. 



The following protective and executive establishment will be required A state- 

 ment showing how it is proposed to distribute and employ these men is attached to 

 this report. Even with the proposed increase, the average forest area (formed of a 

 large number of small forests scattered over nigged country) under each Ranger will 

 be 17,030 acres, and under each Guard 1,500 acres : — 



R R R 



Opper Eavif 3 Forest Hangers on 50 to 150 a month . 150 monthly, 



f ore sts : four ^ 6 Foresters „ 15 „ 40 „ .115 „ 



ranges. (. 45 Guards „ 5 „ 10 „ . 285 



lower Bavi C 1 Forester ,, 50 „ 150 ,, . 50 „ 



< 2 Foresters „ 15 „ 40 „ . 45 



C 22 Guards „ 5 „ 10 „ . 135 



Total estimated cost at starting . . . 780 



Present sanctioned monthly expenditure • • 610 



Proposed monthly increase . . , .170 



This does not include the establishment employed ia the forest round Dalhoasie, 

 which will be separately reported on. 



