288 Forestry Quarterly. 



increase of the former time. The yearly natural differences in 

 imports are often larger than those occasioned by new tariffs. 

 The periods of increased importation are, as a rule, also periods 

 of increased market for the producer. Increase in population and 

 general prosperity occasion the increased use and increased im- 

 portation. 



Die Vorarheiten ztir Brnexirung der Zolltarifc und Handclsvcrtr'dge. 

 Kategorie Hols . Schweizerische Zeitschrift fiir Forstvvesen, February, 

 March, 1914, pp. 36-4S. 71-83- 



The recently published Baden, official for- 

 Baden est statistics for the management year 



Statistics. 191 1 are reviewed by Eberhard. They 



show that on January i, 191 2, the total area 

 of state forests comprised i, 449, 310 acres. Since 1878 the an- 

 nual cut has increased from 45 cubic feet per acre to 107 cubic 

 feet per acre in 191 1. This rise is due in part, to increased ac- 

 cessibility and better markets, but also to frequent revisions of 

 the working plans which showed a larger growing stock and in- 

 crement. Furthermore, the change from pure beech stands to 

 mixed stands and the afforestation with spruce and fir has brought 

 about an increased yield. Finally the increase is due, in no small 

 measure, to a more intensive silviculture. 



The net yield in 191 1 was $8.14 per acre. In the S3 years 

 since 1878 the income from thinnings has been between 20 cents 

 and 35 cents per acre for the total area. The cost of planting, in 

 191 1, was twenty-two and two-fifth cents per acre; the cost of 

 road building fifty and two-fifth cents per acre. 



A. B. R. 



StatisHsche Nachweisungen aus der Porstvenvaltung dcs Gro\ssherzog- 

 tums Baden fiir das Jahr igii. Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd- Zeitung, 

 January, 1913, p. 27. 



POLITICS, EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION. 



The French parliament is now discussing 

 Taxation the present manifestly unfair taxation ot 



of forests in France, on the basis that the 



Forests. forest is of public interest and essential to 



public health ; that it possesses an indispen- 

 sable influence on climate, on water, on erosion ; and that the crop 

 is not annual. It is suggested by Chancerel that taxation should 



