302 TlMEHRI. 
The duties of the Crown-lands Department shall be to prepare a 
complete and exact survey of the crown-lands of the colony, excepting 
such estates as are in actual cultivation, or are actually private pro- 
perty ; such survey to be based on the map of the colony prepared by the 
late Sir Robert Schomburgk, and printed at the expense of the Govern- 
ment in the year 1877 ; and to show the situation and delimitation of 
all the crown-forests, the configuration of the ground, the geological 
character, the general character of its forests and other products, the 
nature and extent of existing rights and privileges, and by whom and 
under what authority such rights and privileges are claimed. 
It shall be the duty of the Crown Surveyor to mark out the forests 
into blocks convenient for working, and to prepare working plans for 
the same. Such plans shall, as far as practicable, embody the following 
details, that is to say : — 
(a) situation : configuration of the ground : underlying rock, if any : 
surface soil and subsoil : general character of forest growth of principal 
trees, and of bamboos. 
(b) causes of injury, suchas fires, game, insects, creepers, epiphytes 
and parasites. 
(c) population, if any. 
(d) existing rights and privileges, if any. 
(c) demand for forest produce. 
Such blocJi-plans shall also specify the general conditions for working 
such blocks, such as {a) the computed annual yield, whether of timber 
or coppice-fellings and thinnings and collection of minor forest 
produce ; (&) protection from fire, cutting creepers ; (c) planting and 
sowing ; (d) other works for reproduction and improvement. 
When the maximum yield is determined it should on no account be 
allowed to be exceeded, and it may often be found expedient to arrange 
for an intermittent yield. The quantity of timber to be cut, and of 
other material to be taken out of a forest, in a given time, must be fixed, 
so as to secure the maintenance and improvement of the production. 
It shall be the duty of the Crown -lands Department to prepare and 
submit for the Governor's consideration and decision, from time to time, 
plans for the removal of obstacles and for facilitating access to the 
crown-lands and forests, and for opening up routes to the interior, to 
facilitate the cultivation of lands and the transport of produce. 
