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right to left, then, by a half turn of the hand, striking 
from left to right, the two cuts removing a strip of bark 
according to its thickness, not more than an inch wide 
on the outside surface, a transverse section of which 
would be \/ shaped. The gutters so made should run, 
not through each other, but one into the other alternate- 
ly. Tapping should only be done on one half the cir- 
cumference of a tree at a time, and a full year allowed to 
elapse before the other side is done, the collector bleed- 
ing in rotation year after year the opposite sides of the 
trees, if he so desired. If it was found that careful 
bleeding inflicted no permanent injury, then large grants 
might be made for balata collecting alone ; but promis- 
cuous collecting through the general forest should not on 
any account be allowed. 
With regard to the latter, some modification is neces- 
sary in the Indian privileges, particularly in the liberty 
the Indians possess of cutting timber or collecting any 
other vegetable substance anywhere on Crown lands and 
disposing of it to whom they please. It should take the 
form of making Indian reserves near their settlements, 
or of requiring them to take out grants like the non- 
Indian woodcutters and collectors. The Indians who 
derive benefit from the present law of privilege are more 
or less civilised traders, and as such should be made 
subject to the laws which govern the trade they 
are concerned in. If, however, it be deemed desir- 
able still to make any distinction, the grants might 
be given to them free of any charge for survey- 
ing, &c, but they should be allowed to sell only 
under prescribed conditions. No sales of any of the 
products of the Crown lands by Indians should be per- 
