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(Enclosure.) 

 AuDLEY Gosling, Esq., to Lord E. Fitzmaurice, M.P., &c. 



Cojjciihageji, Dec. 10, 1883. 



My Loed, — Eeferring to your Lordship's note of the 6th ult., and to 

 my acknowledgment of the receipt thereof on the 10th ult., I have 

 the honour to enclose copy of a communication which has been 

 addressed to me by the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating 

 that, as regards the revenue and expenditure in connection with the 

 forests of Denmark, there are no complete statistics which would 

 enable Lis Excellency to reply accurately to this question. 



He, however, draws my attention to a work published by Professor 

 Falbe Hausen and Scharling (' Haandhogi Danne-mark, Statistik ') 

 in which there is a statement concerning the revenue of the Crown 

 forests up to the year 1879-30, but as these only represent from one- 

 fifth to one-fourth part of the Danish forests, this information does 

 not furnish the details required by your Lordship. 



As regards the rise or fall of the timber supply, his Excellency is 

 likewise unable to farnish me with accurate information, but in the 

 opinion of the Minister of Finance, there is every reason for presuming 

 that the supply of both timber and logs is rather increasing than the 

 •contrary, attributable to the care and economy prescribed by the 

 Forest Laws, and to planting of Moor Lands during a number of years. 

 His Excellency adds that whilst the exports of timber and logs have 

 been much restricted of late years, the import of these articles has 

 cisen to fourteen millions of cubic feet per annum. — I have, &c., 



(Signed) Audley Gosung. 



Lord E. Fitzmaurice, M.P. 



Eeports. 

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



Foreign Office, Dec. 20, 3 883. 

 Sir, — With reference to your letter of the 1st ult., I am directed 

 by Earl Granville to forward herewith for your information, and to 

 be returned when read, Eeports which have been drawn up at Her 

 Majesty's Embassies at Berlin and St. Petersburg, on the subject of 

 forests in Germany and Kussia. — I am. Sir, your most obedient, 

 liumble servant, Edmund Fitzmaurice. 



REPORT ON THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF PRUSSIAN STATE 



FORESTS. 



The Woods and Forests Administration in Prussia is under the 

 ■supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and has a Budget which is 

 ■annually laid before the Landtng. 



