232 TlMEHRI. 
The permit would show the name and quantity of the 
substance, and in the case of goods exported it would be 
required for inspection by the Custom House Officer in 
passing them. The Inspector would keep a record 
under the name of each grant of the quantity of each 
substance passed by him from it, and of the duty paid, 
and periodical returns to Government, on fixed printed 
forms, should be made by the lessee of the quantity 
of each of the forementioned substances distinguish- 
ing the kinds of timber, rubber, gutta, gum, &c, 
&c, specifically one from the other obtained under 
his licence ; these returns of the yield of the grant to be 
compared from time to time, as a check, with the esti- 
mate of the yield by the Forest Officer. 
In giving out a grant it should be thoroughly surveyed 
by the Inspector, and an estimate made by him and 
registered in his books and report to Government of 
the quantity of each dutiable substances upon it availa- 
ble under the rules that control its collection, during the 
term of the licence. The trees allowed to be cut for 
the different purposes — squared timber, posts, poles, 
spars, staves, shingles, firewood, charcoal, &c, — should 
be named to the grantee, as also any to be tapped for 
gutta or rubber, and periodical visits by the Inspector 
should be made to the grant to see that the rules regu- 
lating the working are being observed. To prevent 
disputes or any uncertainty as to the boundary in any 
place, the grantee should be required to keep the line, 
which is cut round the grant when it is first surveyed, 
open by clearing it once or twice a year ; for, to carry 
out effectively and satisfactorily a law of forest conserv- 
ancy, operations must be confined to understood and 
