THE QUESTION OF FORESTRY II7 



3) In the south : 



a) Marijansca Planina, a wood of firs with beeches and oaks on the 

 slope, of from 10,000 to 12,000 hectares ; 



b) Morihovo, a fir wood of 15,000 hectares ; 



c) Petrinske Planina, a wood of oaks and beeches of from 6,000 to 

 8,000 hectares ; 



d) Baba and Buscieva Planina, a wood of beeches and oaks of from 

 5,000 to 6,000 hectares. 



4) In the west : 



a) Zegavaz, a wood of beeches and oaks of from 8,000 to 10,000 

 hectares ; 



b) Caradaj, a beech wood of from 8,000 to 10,000 hectares; 



c) Milanovaz, a wood of beeches and oaks of 10,000 hectares ; 



d) Blet, a wood of beeches and oaks of from 6,000 to 8,000 hectares. 



§ 2. The ownership of the woods. 



Old Serbia. — As has already been said Commissions of DeUmita- 

 tion, charged to determine property rights in the woodlands, were fovmded 

 by the law of 1891, that is twenty-five years ago. 



They began work in 1892 ; but their activity was limited to two or 

 three months a year — July, August and September — and as it has not yet 

 come to an end the ownership of many woods is still uncertain. It follows 

 that the relevant statistical data are exact only for the woods in which the 

 delimitation has been executed and approximate for all the others. 



Most of the woods belong to the State and the communes. The State's 

 property has an area of 620,000 hectares, that of the communes 580,000 

 hectares. The remaining woods belong to churches and convents as to 

 60,000 hectares and to private persons as to 257,000 hectares. 



Nei& Serbia. — Statistical data as to property rights in the wood- 

 lands are entirely lacking for this territory'. The commission charged to 

 study the condition of sylviculture there neglected the question of owner- 

 ship, for this is connected with the agrarian question which is the object 

 of an enquiry by another commission. 



Property in land in New vSerbia has retained features characteristic 

 of the feudal regime, and these are found in the woodlands. 



The typical forms of landed property in New Serbia are the following : 

 i) Domain — that is the property of the State, administered and en- 

 joyed by the State directly. 



2) Mefat -— the property of the State of which the use is left pubHc. 



3) Baltalic — the property of the communes. It is always doubtful 

 whether the communes are owners in fact, or are merely usufructories of 

 land jurisdictorily owned by the State. 



4) Vakouf — the property of churchers and convents. In the case 

 of these also there is doubt as to whether the churches and convents are 

 true owners or merelv usufructories. 



