Timber Cuts and Contracts

IT WAS THE AIM of naval administrators to obtain adequate quantities of high-quality timber at the lowest possible price, and with the least possible attendant difficulty. To achieve these aims, either of two methods of exploitation might be employed. Naval personnel themselves might acquire timber...

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Published inForests and French Sea Power pp. 30 - 48
Main Author Bamford, Paul
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto University of Toronto Press 29.05.2015
Subjects
Agricultural products
Agriculture
Armed forces
Biological sciences
Biology
Bodies of water
Botany
Business
Business operations
Businesspeople
Civil law
Commerce
Contract law
Contracts
Debt contracts
Dendrology
Earth sciences
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Financial contracts
Financial transactions
Forest products
Geography
Geomorphology
Labor economics
Law
Merchants
Military science
Navies
Occupations
Payments
Physical sciences
Plant products
Political science
Proprietors
Seas
Timber
Trees
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Summary:IT WAS THE AIM of naval administrators to obtain adequate quantities of high-quality timber at the lowest possible price, and with the least possible attendant difficulty. To achieve these aims, either of two methods of exploitation might be employed. Naval personnel themselves might acquire timber trees under a system known asrégie,or might rely on the services of timber merchants under a system labelledentreprise.¹ Acquisitions of timber byrégieusually involved direct dealings between the navy and forest proprietors, and the system proved both practicable and economical on occasions when a long-continued, intensive exploitation had to be made.
ISBN:1442651628
9781442651623
DOI:10.3138/9781442656550-004