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The government has devoted particular attention to the protection of 

 forests. Jurisdictory districts for forest protection have existed since 1912 

 and there were forty-five of them in the different Korean provinces at the 

 end of 1914. 



No less an effort has been made in the direction of afforestation. The 

 nurseries formed by the central or provisional governments provided 

 3,573,837 seedlings of qneycus serrata, pseudo acacia, red pine, poplar 

 {pyramidilis) chestnut and other trees ; and 14,570,000 of them, as well as 

 137 koku of seeds, in 1914. 



Afforestation is also undertaken by private corporations or individuals. 

 Thus the Oriental Development Company planted 2,860,000 trees in the 

 spring of 1914. 



Finally an annual Arbour Day has been instituted and is duly cele- 

 brated, especially in the schools. 



The following table shows the progress of aft'orestation : 



Thus in 1910 an area of 1,035 cho was afforested with 2,823,000 trees 

 and in 1915 an area of 20,058 cho with 61,382,000 trees. In the whole pe- 

 riod 1910-1915 the afforested area was 69,761 cho and the number of trees 

 planted 235,351,000. 



