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ITALIAN FORESTS. 



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The average annual production of the forest is noted below : — 



Lire. 

 Firewood (bitter oak), 140 cubic metres, . . . 350 



Charcoal (bitter oak), 2000 quintals, .... 5,000 

 Timber (fir), 1800 cubic metres, 38,160 



„ (beech), 100 cubic metres, . . . . 1,160 

 Charcoal (beech), 5300 quintals, 12,826 



Total value of production, . . . 57,496 



Eent of mill, saw-mill, sale of plants, rent of chestmit 



plantations (123'50 hectares), ..... 5,090 



Total gross income, .... 62,586 



Expenditure, salaries, taxes, plantations, maintenance 



of roads and buildings, ...... 26,015 



Average net income, . . . .36,571 



When the lines of communication are completed, the production 

 will be increased by some 20,000 lire. To the north of the 

 Convent a hydraulic saw-mill is established, originally ei'ected by 

 the monks in 1548. It has now passed to the State, and its power 

 has been recently increased by the erection of a turbine in the place 

 of the old wheel. The mill is in constant worli, being used by the 

 pui'chasers of the forest timber, who pay a certain fixed charge per 

 cubic metre of timber sawn. 



In this article the following table gives the English equivalents 

 for weights, measures, and money : — 



