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3. In future therefore the pages of the (1) Indian Forest Records 
and of the (2) Indian Forest Memoirs will be open to those who desire 
to secure for their research and investigation a permanent place in Indian 
forest literature whence it will be available to all those interested in the 
science of Forestry. Forest Bulletins will no longer be issued and the 
following procedure mil be observed in regard to the preparation and 
issue of Records and Memoirs which it is hoped will be effective in making 
the new departure the success which it should attain with the wealth 
of material available : — 
(1) Indian Forest Records. 
(i) The Records will be printed on a page 9|"X7i", and will consist 
of approximately 60 to 70 pages per Part. Each Part ■will 
be illustrated by reproduction from photographs or negatives, 
either as wood blocks (for simple line drawings), or by the 
lithographic, half-tone or collotype processes. 
(ii) No definite date for the issue of the various Parts of the Records 
would be fixed, since no satisfactory objects appear to be 
gained by rigidly adhering to a monthly, quarterly or any 
other period. The advantages of a hard-and-fast date 
of publication would seem to be more than counterbalanced 
by the disadvantages which might accrue either from pub- 
lishing a Part made up wdth inadequate materials owing 
to the fact that sufficient papers are not available, or from 
keeping back important papers and notes for several months 
to fulfil unnecessary stipulations imposed by a publishing 
time limit. 
(iii) Four Parts would conveniently form a volume of the Records 
which will then be bound up with title page, etc. 
(iv. The Records will be devoted to the publication of papers giving 
the results of the local investigations of the Research In- 
stitute staff, or of others whether members of the Department 
or not, together with any short notes on preliminary research, 
the publication of w'hich may be considered of advantage 
to aid others in carrying out further observations in the 
subject under enquiry. Notes and observations supplied 
bir Forest officers on such matters as the effects of exceptional 
seasons on forest, growth, the seeding of fhe valuable species 
