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CHAPTER II.— THE CONTROL OF WORKING- 

 PLANS.* 



Section I. — Prbliminaky riomarks. 



Working-plans are of no use if they are not adhered to, 

 and proper adherence can only be secured by an effective 

 control. Much of their value will also be lost unless a 

 careful record is kept of the works carried out and of the 

 flnaneial results secured. A sound system of control is 

 therefore necessary ; but in order that the control may be 

 effective it should be of a very simple nature requiring only 

 a few entries, once a year or so, in the records regarding each 

 forest or working-circle. Eor the same reason the control 

 should be of such a general nature that an uniform kind of 

 record can be used for all forests and for all systems of 

 working. 



It is unfortunate that the truth of t'lese propositions has not been altogether 

 reaHsed in India. The control forms first introduced were impraoticahle ; because the 

 anticipated outturn of each felling was entered as a provision of the plan. It is not 

 too muoh to say that the attempt thus made to keep up the control forms gave more 

 trouble than the information recorded was worth. 



Section II. — Nature op control required. 



The facts to be recorded for purposes of control may bo 

 classed as follows under three distinct heads : — 



(1) The work done or fellings made as compared with 



the provisions of the plan. 



(2) The gross " yield "and the " outturn." 



(3) Financial results. 



(i) Controlling the provisions of the plan. — The control 

 can be effected in a very simple manner. The plan amounts 

 (a) to the prescription of certain sylvicultural rules to be 

 applied over definite areas, with the addition, in some cases 

 of a limitation as regards the quantity of material to be 

 felled; and {b) to the prescription of certain works of 

 improvement. All that it is necessary to record and to 

 control can, therefore, be brought under the following 

 headings : — 



{a) Year or period of operation prescribed. 



* The control ezeroised for forests under the Gtovernment of India is detailed in Chap- 

 ter II of the I'orest Department Code. 



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