658 Forestry Quarterly 



REGULATIONS ENCOURAGING REFORESTATION 



Promulgated, June 30, 1915 



Art. 1. Those who have achieved success in planting forests shall be 

 rewarded according to the following regulations: 



Art. 2. When a petition is submitted for encouragement, it shall contain 

 the following particulars and be forwarded to the highest local administrative 

 official to be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce for 

 consideration : 



1. The name and address of the person or company deserving of encourage- 

 ment. 



2. Location of the forest. 



3. Dimension and area of the forest. 



4. Description and number of the trees. 



5. Important plans of the enterprise. 



6. The number of years which have elapsed since planting. 



Art. 3. When a petition is made in accordance with the preceding article, 

 it shall be accompanied by photographs of the forest and by specimens of the 

 timber produced. 



Art. 4. When an area of more than 200 mo of land has been reforested for 

 a period of more than five years, a fourth class medal shall be awarded. 



Art. 5. When an area of more than 400 mo has been reforested for a period 

 of more than five years, a third class medal shall be awarded. 



Art. 6. When an area of more than 700 mo has been reforested for a period 

 of more than five years, a second class medal shall be awarded. 



Art. 7. When an area of more than 1,000 mo has been reforested for a 

 period of more than five years, a first class medal shall be awarded. 



Art. 8. When an area of more than 3,000 mo has been reforested for a 

 period of more than five years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce 

 shall request the President to give a special reward. 



Art. 9. When reforestation work is conducted which affects international 

 trade or furnishes material for the construction of ships, railroads and other 

 important purposes, subsidies may be granted according to the dimension of 

 the forest and the number of trees planted, if the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Commerce considers such a cotuse necessary. 



Art. 10. The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce shall publish in the 

 Official Gazette awards made in accordance with the provisions contained in 

 these regulations. 



Art. 11. These regulations shall come into force from the date of their 

 promulgation (June 30, 1915). 



On December 22, 1915, Mr. Chow-Tzi-chi, Minister of Agri- 

 culture and Commerce, presented the following petition to Yuan- 

 shi-kai, at that time Emperor-Elect : 



"As the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce intends to organize a 

 "National Forest Service," it begs leave respectfully to submit the following 

 regulations and estimates to His Imperial Majesty for His Holy Perusal: 



"Three thousand years ago during the Yii Dynasty, an officer named Pe Yi 

 was sent out by the Emperor to take charge of herbaceous and woody plants 

 throughout the country. In the office of Sz Tie (an official administrative 

 organ) there was also in existence a department of forestry and hunting. 

 These two facts clearly indicate that in order to develop the forests of the 

 country there must be a special organ to take charge of them. Inasmuch as all 

 countries both in the East and in the West realize the importance of forest 

 conservation, they have taken progressive steps towards its maintenance and 

 upkeep because reforestation betters the economic condition of the people and 

 increases the wealth of the nation, and the annual revenue from forestry is so 

 large that it forms a considerable percentage of the national income. When 



