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{d) The holder of a timber license of any class may, when 

 the permission of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry is specifi- 

 cally given in his license, work up the tops of any trees cut for 

 timber into firewood and market the same, free of all Govern- 

 ment charges, under such special regulations as the Chief of 

 the Bureau of Foresty in his license may prescribe and the 

 Secretary of the Interior approve. 



(e) The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, in granting any 

 timber license, may require as a condition of granting such 

 license, that the holder shall work up and remove the tops and 

 large branches of trees felled by him. 



if) The height of the stump of any tree cut for timber or 

 firewood must not exceed the diameter of the tree on the stump. 



(g) The diameter limit of trees allowed to be cut in any 

 given forest area will vary in accordance with the species of 

 the tree, the condition of the forest, and the requirements of 

 each locality. In general, unless there is specific reason for 

 fixing a specific size, no tree less than forty centimeters in 

 diameter on the stump may be cut for timber, and trees cut for 

 firewood should be at least twenty-five centimeters on the stump. 



(h) Whoever fells undersized trees, or trees the felling of 

 which is prohibited by these regulations or special orders, will 

 be considered as cutting without a license and will be com- 

 pelled to pay the regular charges thereon and the additional 

 charge prescribed in section twenty-five of The Forest Act. 



{i) The felling in the public forest or forest reserves of trees 

 from which valuable gums, resins, or oils are extracted will 

 not be allowed. 



ij) The gathering of forest products not specially mentioned 

 in these regulations will be authorized by license containing 

 such special conditions as the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry 

 may, after investigation, deem advisable, and the Secretary of 

 the Interior approve. 



(fc) Round timber forty centimeters or more in diameter at 

 the larger end, and squared timber twenty-two centimeters or 

 more in width or twenty-two centimeters or more in thickness 

 at the larger end will be considered of legal size. Timber of 

 the first group of less than legal size must not be felled, unless 

 such timber has been selected for felling by duly authorized 

 forest officers, provided that these regulations shall not apply 

 to ebony and lanete. 



(i!) Timber used for levers, skids, parts of timber slides, or 

 otherwise employed in logging, must be of the fourth group, 

 unless proper timber of this sort is wholly wanting within a 

 reasonable distance. Timber so used and left on the ground 

 will be charged for, if of the third group, at the regular rate; 

 if of the second or first groups, at twice the regular rate. 



(m) The holder of a license for cutting timber or firewood 

 must advise the local forest officer of the time when and the 

 place where cutting under such license will begin, and of the 

 places where the wood cut will be piled. Felled timber must 

 be piled in a clear place, in such a manner that measurement 

 thereof may be readily made. The holder of a license must also 

 notify the local forest officer of the names and residences of his 

 representatives, if any. In the event of failure to so notify 

 the proper officer, the products so cut, collected, or removed will 

 be considered as taken without license. 



