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are formed, the variation is 0.03 to 4.39 per cent. In other 

 words, there are still revirs that do not pay. There are only 7 

 revirs that pay 4 or more per cent ; 34 that pay between 3 and 4 ; 

 47 between 2 and 3 ; 21 between 1 and 2 ; 10 remaining below one 

 per cent. The total forest capital for the 426,400 acres is figured 

 at around 103 million dollars or $240 for the average acre, paying 

 $6.40 per annum. 



A table, showing the cost of planting (including repair) per 

 acre and per thousand plants also shows great variations, there 

 having been planted in 1912 around 700 acres by seed and 8350 

 acres by plants. 



The average cost, including planting tool account and plant 

 material cost, was $16.50 per acre ; but from district to district 

 the variation was from $13 to $22 and from revir to revir $5.30 

 to $18.70. Per thousand plants the cost varied from 54 cents to 

 $3.48. 



Die Reinertragsiibersichten der Konigl. Sachs. Forsten, \912. Tharandter 

 Forstliches Jahrbuch, 1914, volume 65, pp. 196-210. 



In a well illustrated article Eckbo gives 

 Japan the following data regarding Japanese for- 



Forestry est conditions and administration. The for- 



est area of around 56 million acres repre- 

 sents 59 per cent of the land area. Of the 800 species of trees, 

 only 20 are of importance, six conifers and as many broad- 

 leaf trees being the principal ones. More than one half the area 

 is privately owned, State and Crown own slightly over one fifth, 

 and public forests constitute the remainder. Besides, the forests 

 of Hokkaido and Formosa are not included in this figure and are 

 managed by local authorities. Some two million acres are man- 

 aged as "Reserve forests" for their public utility, watershed pro- 

 tection, etc. The 10,850,000 acres of State Forest are managed 

 under law of 1899 by a forestry bureau, under the Department 

 of Agriculture and Commerce. The personnel consists of 20 

 secretaries, 23 assistant secretaries, 82 higher experts, 1426 

 clerks and assistant experts, and 1321 forest inspectors and 

 rangers, some 2872 altogether. 



The State forests are divided into ten districts and 211 Forests, 

 the ranger districts numbering 1314. Some three million acres 



