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Part IV. 

 COJVTROL OF THE EXECUTION OF WORKIiVG-PLA!VS. 



CHAPTER I.— THE SAFEGUAEDS TO THE PEEMA- 

 NENCY OF THE PLAN. 



Section I. — General remarks. 



When the provisions of a working-plan have been drawn 

 up there still remains, as a rule, the marking off on the 

 ground of the sites of the annual fellings or tlie coupes. 

 Until this has been done the plan is incomplete. It may be 

 compared to a forest delineated on a map but not marked on 

 the ground by material signs. 



The degree of detail with which the coupes should be 

 marked off depends on the circumstances of each case. In 

 working»circles treated by the selection method or subjected 

 to restoration fellings for instance, each, coupe will, as a rale, 

 be formed of one or more compartments or blocks limited by 

 natural or artificial land-marks. In such cases no further 

 demarcation obviously is required. It sometimes happens, 

 however, that the limits of the compartments are roads or 

 fire-lines, the construction of which forms part of the provi- 

 sions of the plan itself. When possible, therefore, it is well to 

 lay out the roads or fire-lines on the ground before finishing 

 the plan. This course will tend to ensure its provisions 

 being adhered to and the sub-divisions it deals with being 

 preserved and is in every way advantageous. A well-con- 

 sidered arrangement of fire-traces and of roads for the 

 extraction of the produce is of the first importance ; but if 

 the works are only verbally indicated there is every chance 

 of the directions being lost sight of. In coppice treatment 

 especially, where the coupes are comparatively small, the 

 marking off of the roads or rides is of much importance and 

 very largely increases the value both of the plan and of the 

 forest. 



