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Ordinarily the maps would include, especially if thefotal 

 area concerned is very considerable, — 



(1) a general map on a small scale showing, the 



whole tract dealt with, the distribution of the 

 different forests, the boundaries of working- 

 circles and felling-series, and of administrative 

 charges, etc., etc.; 



(2) separate maps for each circle or felling-series on 



a scale not less than 2 inches=l mile, indi- 

 cating the boundaries of blocks, compartments 

 and coupes. 



{ii) Description of the crop in each compartment. — It is 

 generally expedient, when a plan of a permanent and detailed 

 character is prepared, to record separately for each, 

 sub-division into which the forest has been divided, and with 

 such minuteness as the circumstances of each case require, 

 the more important points connected with — 



(a) the situation, relative position of the area and (in 

 hilly country) aspect and slope of the ground ; 



(5) the soil, nature of underlying rock, state of the 

 surface soil, its composition and physical con- 

 dition, depth and general fertility ; 



(c) the composition and condition of the standing 

 crop, type or class of forest ; component species 

 and tlieir relative proportions, age, density, 

 state of growth including reproduction ; past 

 treatment, most suitable treatment; general 

 remarks. 



It has already been explained that much of this informa- 

 tion may be graphically represented in a stock map, and that 

 such maps may supplement, if they do not replace, tlie 

 written descriptions. In any case the written record should, 

 in or^er to fulfil its purpose, be as brief as is consistent with 

 clearness. Lengthy descriptions defeat the object with 

 which the record is framed, as the mind fails to grasp the 

 picture offered and loses itself in details. With the object 

 of rendering these descriptions as little cumbersonae as 

 possible they are usually made in the form of a tabular state- 

 ment such as that reproduced below. The growing stock 

 must be described with accuracy. In describing a coppice, 

 the coppice and the over-wood or standards should be taken 

 account of separately. In the case of crops for which the 

 possibility has been prescribed by area only, no enumeration 



