THE FOREST REGULATIONS. 



These regulations are established in accordance with the provi- 

 sions of The Forest Act (No. 1148). 



I. (a) Forest reserves differ from public forests in that the 

 former are .exempt from entry (except for mining claims) and 

 sale. 



( 6 ) Licenses will ■ be issued for the cutting, collection, and 

 removal of forest products from forest reserves. The operations 

 of licensees on forest reserves will be subject to the constant and 

 personal supervision of the officers in charge.' 



II. (a.) Land will be considered more valuable for agricultural 

 than for forest purposes if worth more per acre cleared than are 

 land and trees together when not cleared. 



(6) Persons who desire to enter agricultural land in any 

 public forest, in accordance with the provisions of section seven 

 of The Forest Act, must, before making such entry, obtain from 

 the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry a certificate setting forth 

 that said land is more valuable for agricultural than for forestry 

 purposes and is not required by public interests to be kept under 

 forest. Blank forms of application for such certificate will be 

 supplied by the Bureau of Forestry on request. 



III. Sites for sawmills or timber depots not exceeding four 

 hectares in extent may be leased to holders of timber licenses 

 fol' periods of not more than twenty years, under such property 

 terms, not inconsistent with the provisions of section nine of The 

 Forest Act, as may be deemed reasonable by the Chief of the 

 Bureau of Forestry, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 

 and included in each instance in the lease. Blank forms of 

 application for such leases may be obtained from the Bureau 

 of Forestry. 



IV. The volume of approximately octagonal logs (four sides 

 being hewn and the other four unhewn) will be ascertained by 

 multiplying eight-tenths of the square of the average diameter 

 connecting the two pairs of opposite unhewn sides of the smaller 

 end and multiplying the result by the length. 







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Example: Average diameter between opposite unhewn sides of smaller end, 51 

 centimeters ; length, 14 meters. .51 X .51 X -8 X W = 2.923 cubic meters. 



V. In, the measurement of a log having an eyehole or a rope 

 hole in one end, the length taken will be the distance from 

 such hole to the more distant end of the log: Provided, That 

 if such hole be more than thirty centimeters from the nearer 

 end of the log, thirty centimeters only will be deducted from 



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