324 DB. LYONS, M.P., AND FOBESTBY ABBOAD. [March, 



AuDLEY Gosling, Esq., to the Right Hon. the Earl Granville, K.G. 



Copcfiliagefi, Oct. 31, 1883. 



My Lord, — On receipt of your Excellency's despatch, marked No. 

 19 of this series, of the 7th ult., Mr. Vivian requested the Danish 

 Minister for Foreign Affairs to present him with a copy of the Danish 

 'Code of Forest Laws. 



I have now the honour to inform your Lordship that no such code 

 exists in Denmark, but that matters concerning the forests are regu- 

 lated by special laws, of which the ordinance of Sept. 27, 1805, contains 

 the most important legal enactments in force relative to their control. 



This ordinance took away from the peasants the right they had 

 hitherto enjoyed of pasturing their horses and horned cattle in the 

 forest. This was a most necessary enactment, as ' the herds of cattle 

 destroyed what the proprietor's axe had spared.' 



The law of 1805, moreover, forbids the destruction of any existing 

 forest in the future. It has been most energetically enforced, and it 

 is to it that the preservation of the forests in Denmark is mainly due. 



I have the honour to enclose for your Lordship's more complete 

 information copies of the circular of 27th May, 1854, relative to the 

 control of private forests ; of the law of the 22nd. January, 1869, 

 which is an appendix to the law of 8th March, 1856, concerning the 

 ■establishment of a Veterinary and Agricultural School at Copenhagen ; 

 of publications of 30th Aug., 1872, and 18th March, 1874, relative to 

 the examination of students in forestry ; of documents issued by the 

 Statistical Department, concerning the forests under its control ; of a 

 Notice of Forests m Denmark, by LI. Miiller ; and a work by the 

 •same author, intituled, A Sketch of Danish Forest Statidics. — I 

 have, &c. (Signed) Audley Gosling, 



The Ridit Hon. Earl Granville. K.G. 



forestry in DENMARK (PRELIMINARY). 



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



Foreign Office, Dec. 15, 1883. 

 Sir, — With reference to previous correspondence, I am directed by 

 Earl Granville to transmit to you herewith a copy of a despatch from 

 Her Majesty's Charge d' Affaires at Copenhagen, enclosing the answer 

 which he has received from the Danish Government to his application 

 for information respecting the revenue and expenditure in connection 

 with the forests of Denmark. — I am. Sir, your most obedient, humble 

 servant, Edmund Fitzmaurice. 



Dr. Lyons, M.P., 

 Merrion Square, Dublin. 



