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which the members of the legislature representing rural commu- 

 nities objected. The whole administration of the servitude ques- 

 tion leads to constant petty annoyance, but only ten cases were 

 taken into court in 1913. One of the rights which has led to 

 much abuse is the right to cut wood in the log for firewood. The 

 custom grew up because it was cheaper to drag in a log than to 

 cut it up first. It has, however, been difficult to restrict this 

 privilege to timber only suitable for firewood. It is generally 

 conceded that the demand for litter is detrimental to the forests 

 and should be done away with. The Government also took a 

 decided stand against permitting more grazing in the mountains. 



Another mooted point was the handling of hunting privileges. 

 Naturally, the Government was inclined to let the present practice 

 stand because one of the prized perquisites of the forest ofificer is 

 the hunting privilege, and, moreover, any great increase in the 

 game, such as would come about if hunting were placed on a 

 commercial basis, would be detrimental to the forests. The legis- 

 lature was, however, inclined to take the stand that the Govern- 

 ment should get as much revenue as possible out of the hunting 

 rights. 



The final approved budget provides for a net yield of $4.00 per 

 acre on the productive area. 



K. W. W. 



Der bayorische Foreststat fur die XXXI Finanzperiode 1914-1915. Forst- 

 wissenschaftliches Centralblatt, October, 1914, pp. 512-520. 



A tabulation of the results of the admin- 

 Saxon istration of Saxon State forests for each 



Financial revir, giving area, felling budget, felling re- 



Results suits and wood sales, incomes, expenditures, 



net proceeds and a calculation of the forest 

 capital and the interest per cent it has earned, all this for the for- 

 est soil alone, is of main interest to us in the exhibition of the 

 wide limits within which all items and especially the rate moves 

 at which the forest management of diiTerent revirs pays on the 

 capital. 



Within the ten districts into which the forest is divided, the 

 rate varies between 1.63 and 3.18 per cent, the average being 

 2.67 per cent; but within the 109 revirs of which the districts 



