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freight bills from the transportation companies, on the basis of 
which payment could be made. 
When it is not feasible to do this a license may well be granted 
giving to a stated person for a definite term the right to gather 
awa from a specified land. This is a simpler method, but as the 
Government has no way of knowing, except at prohibitory ex- 
pense, just how much awa there is on any one piece of land the 
returns under this method are not likely to be as large as when 
payment is made by weight. Therefore, whenever possible the 
first method should be used. Otherwise, when the right is 
granted at all, it should be by the second method. 
In view of the above it is now recommended that the Board 
adopt the following requirements as its policy in selling awa and 
other minor forest products from the forest reserves : 
(1) That all licenses the annual payments of which amount 
to over $100 be sold at public auction. 
(2) That an upset price be fixed which for awa shall in no 
case be less than ^c per pound green, or 2c per pound dry 
weight. Where it seems justifiable a certain percentage of the 
rental should be demanded at the time of the auction from the 
successful bidder. In the case of smaller sales the rate should be 
governed by the same considerations. 
(3) That payments under the licenses be made at least every 
six months. 
(4) That the term of the license be determined separately in 
each case. In general for awa it should not exceed two years. 
(5) That for every mature awa plant removed there be 
planted 18 slips (akaa ). 
(6) That the licenses be granted only on condition that rea- 
sonable care be exercised not to damage unnecessarily the re- 
maining forest growth, and that every precaution shall be taken 
to prevent the starting of forest fires. 
(7) That the Board reserves the right to reject any and all 
bids. 
It is further recommended, where awa or other minor forest 
products are desired for strictly personal use by people living 
in the vicinity of a given forest reserve, that the custom of grant- 
ing free use permits be continued ; in this case the permit to be 
issued, upon application, for a limited period only, by the local 
district forester, in his discretion. 
In the matter of the applications for awa that have recently 
been made to the Board, several are for lands still under lease 
over which this Board has at present no jurisdiction. With the 
others now pending and with later applicants it is recommended 
that licenses be sold in conformity with the general plan herein 
outlined, for the rights to collect awa in the several forest re- 
serves ; the method of payment to be as far as possible on a basis 
