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the period from the flowering of the tree to the ripening of its 

 seed. A metal or wooden plate may be placed at the lower - 

 part of the incision to facilitate the collection of juice. A vessel 

 may be placed under the incision at the foot of the tree. Any 

 holder of a license violating these provisions may have his 

 license forfeited and must pay double the regular charge for 

 timber on each tree so incised. 



(6) Gums, resins, wood oils, and similar forest products 

 Jjay be stored in municipalities, settlements, or other places, 

 at the convenience of the holder of the license, after previous 

 notification to the local forest officer, or in the absence of such 

 officer, to the nearest local municipal authority of the place or 

 places where such products are to be stored. 



MANIFESTS. - 



XXII. (a) Native forest products of all kinds will be pre- 

 sumed to belong to the Government until the contrary is proved. 



( 6 ) Before using, transporting, or disposing of any native 

 forest product, the owner or his agent must obtain a manifest, 

 authenticated by the local forest officer, provided that where no 

 forest officer can be reached without undue hardship a duly 

 authorized municipal officer may authenticate the manifest. In ; 

 such cases if the product is to be transported by sea, the holder 

 of a license will present a statement of the product in dupli- 

 cate to the proper municipal officer, who will verify such state- 

 ment and afiix his seal or stamp of office, if any, and his signature 

 thereto, forwarding one copy to the nearest forest station and 

 returning to the holder of the license the other copy, which will 

 be his authority to transport the product. If the product is 

 to be transported by land or is for local use, the holder of a 

 license in such cases will present a statement of the product 

 in duplicate to the proper municipal officer, who ^vill forward 

 it to the local forest officer, who if it be impracticable for him 

 to inspect the product, will appraise the same at his station 

 and forward an order of payment to the proper municipal officer 

 for delivery to the holder of the license. After payment has 

 been made, the receipt will be forwarded to the local forest officer, 

 who will issue a paid manifest to the party at interest, which 

 will be his authority to dispose of the product. No charge will 

 be made for making or authenticating a manifest. No manifest 

 will be valid on which does not appear the signature of the forest 

 officer or municipal officer duly authorized to sign manifests, and 

 the signature must be accompanied by the stamp or seal of such 

 officer if he has one. 



(c) The holder of a license must not load, remove, sell, or 

 use any forest product which has not been paid for, unless he 

 has received express authority to do so from the Chief of the 

 Bureau of Forestry and has given a satisfactory guarantee to 

 that official, except as provided in paragraphs (6), (e), and 

 {h) of this regulation. 



(d) When the holder of a license agreement or of an ordinary 

 or miners' license has cut and piled his product, he must submit 

 to the nearest forest station a statement of said product on 

 Bureau of Forestry Form Thirteen and one-half, which will be 

 furnished on application to any forest station. Upon receipt of 

 this statement, the local forest officer will verify and appraise 

 the product, taking the signature of the holder of the license 



