122 NOTICES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



of the towns, the forests of the different towns had in 1915 the following 

 areas : 



Kajana 9521.01 hectares (i) 



Tornea 5430.29 



Kuopio 3876.42 



Uleaborg 3485-57 



Gamlakarleby 3149.48 



Lovisa 2670.82 



Raumo 2502.57 



Heinola 2418.68 



Kristinestad 2303.00 



Ekenas 1847.38 



Xykarleby 1638,60 



Helsingfors 1536.00 



Joensuu 1513.70 



Viborg 1507.98 



Nyslott 1450.00 



Hango 1189.04 



Vasa 1183.59 



Brahestad 1044.50 



Jakobstad 980.48 



Kexholm 865.45 



Tammerfors . . . ' 845.46 



Nystad 833.92 



Tavastehus 808.75 



Idensalmi 736.38 



Borga 719-33 



Kasko 682.21 



Lahtis 678.77 



J^'vaskyla 653.26 



Bjorneborg 642.82 



St. Michel 598.35 



Fredrikshamn 586.00 



Abo 575-22 



Willman strand 574-^7 



Sordavala 367.40 



Kotka 353-60 



Xadendal 170.46 



The total area of the communal forests is thus about 60,000 hectares. 



The forest law of 1886 compelled the towns to draw up rules of forest 



economy for the forests on their donation lands (2) and to derive profit from 



(i) I hectare = 2.47 acres. 



(2) Landed property gremted to the towns by the State. 



