SERBIA. 



THE QUESTION OF FORESTRY IN THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA, 



OFFICIAI, SOURCES : 



CTaTiiCTiirKii roAiiiiiH>aK sa 1907/8 {Statistical Yearbook for 1907-8). Belgrade, 1913. 

 Hapo^Ha IIpiiBpe/i;a y Hpircajej];Hr£>eHHM06jiaCTnMa {National Economy in the New 

 Territory). Belgrade, 1914. 



OTHER SOURCES : 



Vasic D. E. M) : La sylviculture en Serbie {Sylviculture in Serbia). Belgrade, 1911. 

 lovANovic (D. G. S.) : Oahoch H3Mery npiipofle ti iiiyMa y Kpat.eBirHit Cp6HJH 



{Nature and the Woods in the Kingdom of Serbia). Belgrade, 1903. 

 Vasic (D. M. S.) : Hauie niyMe (The Serbian Woods). Belgrade, 1904. 

 Vasic (D. M. S.) : IIIyMe y Tapn {The Wood of « Ta!a«). Belgrade, 1908. 

 Vasic (A. M. S.) : OvKaiiiiraBibe niyMa y Cp6iiJH {The Delimitation of the Woods in 



Seibia). Belgrade, 1909. 



Before examining the condition of sylviculture in the kingdom of 

 Serbia it is necessary to note the two following facts : 



1) Sylviculture in Old ySerbia, that is within the land of the kingdom 

 as it existed before the Balkan Wars, differs somewhat from sylviculture in 

 the recently occupied country in respect of the wooded territory, the 

 quality of the timber and the method of cultivating it. 



2) All statistical data as to sylviculture in Old and in New Serbia 

 have not the same value. Some are certainly ver}' precise and very 

 detailed, but others are summary and approximate. 



Those which relate to the extent and the quality of the woods in Old 

 Serbia are precise, for there the departmental administrative body care- 

 fully drew up the cadaster with a view to ascertaining these points ; but 

 the data relating to the ownership of the woodlands should be considered 

 as approximate and only partially exact. The commissions, which are 

 called Commissions of Delimitation and were formed for the express pur- 

 pose of determining on the ancient territory the limits of the properties 

 of the State, the communes and individuals, have not yet brought the la- 

 bours of the cadaster to an end everywhere, although they have existed 

 for twenty-five years, and dependable statistical data are available 

 onh' for the woodlands in which they have completed their task. 



