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your Lordship's commercial despatch, No. 48 of the 7th inst., I have 

 the honour to transmit lierewith (1) a copy of the law of April 15, 1878, 

 for the protection of woods and forests from theft ; (2) a copy of the 

 laws respecting the administration and management of the woodlands 

 belonging to the Communes and public institutions, as well as of woods 

 planted for the purpose of sheltering exposed places ; and (3) a copy 

 of the law of April 1, 1880, containing the regulations for the rural 

 and forest police. 



I beg also to enclose a copy of the regulations for the education 

 and examination of those who are candidates for the State Forestry 

 Administrations, as issued by the Minister of Agricultural Domains 

 and Forests on the 1st ultimo, and published] in tlie official Belches 

 und Staat's Auzeige of the 31st ult. — I have the honour, &c., 



(Signed) Joiix Walsham, 



P.S. — The Laws which I have enclosed in this despatch are the 

 Forest Eegulations for the Kingdom of Prussia, there being no single 

 code for the whole of the Empire. J. W. 



FORESTS IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY (PRELIMINARY.) 



Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, M.P., to Dr. Lyons, M.P. 



Foreign Office, Oct. 31, 1883, 



SiE, — With reference to your letter of 21st ultimo, I am directed by 

 Earl Granville to transmit to you herewith a collection of the Forest 

 Laws in force in Sweden and Xorway, which have been received from 

 the Swedish Ministers of Foreign Aff"airs. 



The following refer to Sweden : 



(1.) A collection of the Forest Laws and Eegulations published before 

 1877. 



(2 to 6.) Copies of five different royal ordinances published since 

 that period. 



(7.) A copy of the first Pteport of the Administration of Woods and 

 Forests, containing a history of Agriculture in Sweden prior to 

 1870; and 



(8.) A copy of the last Pieport of the same Administration (for 1881). 



The remaining four enclosures have reference to Norway. 



(9.) A copy of the Code of Forest Law of the 22nd June, 1863. 



(10.) A copy of the Law of the 12th October, 1857, regulating the 

 working of Communal Forests. 



(11.) A copy of the first project of Law elaborated by the Eoyal 

 Commission charged with the revision of the Forest Laws. 



(12). A copy of the final project of Law drawn up by this same 

 commission. — I am, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, 



Dr. Lyons, M.P., Edmund FixzirAURiCE. 



8, Merrion Square, Dublin. 



