216 France. 
state receives ten per cent of the gross yield. Refor- 
ested hilltops or slopes and sand dunes are relieved from 
taxes for 30 years, burnt areas for 10 years. 
In Cochin-China private forests, as well as public and 
state forests, are subjected to a policy of restriction in 
their exploitation. The forest domain is divided into 
reserves, about two hundred thousand acres, in which 
no cutting whatever is permitted and a second class in 
which permits for fellings are sold. In the absence of 
technical forest management the conditions have lately 
been reported as deplorable. 
The first attempts at regulating forest use in these 
Asiatic possessions date back to 1862, when exploitation 
was confined to delimited areas. The administration, 
however, remained inefficient, and under impracticable 
and heterogeneous orders, which were issued from time 
to time, devastation progressed with little hindrance. 
In 1902 a re-organization took place and new regula- 
tions were issued, a director with four assistants being 
placed in charge under the Department of Agriculture. 
Restriction of the exploitation to diameter limits appears 
to be the most important innovation. 
Since 1898 efforts at re-planting with teak are in 
progress on a small scale. 
