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70% of the land area; just about half of this is State prop- 

 erty, besides 5 million acres of crown forest. Although from 

 the exhibits at Expositions one would be inclined to credit Japan 

 with a high development of forestry, the report admits that the 

 forest is as yet little esteemed as an object for management, 

 because there is an excess of it and much of it, as yet, inac- 

 cessible. This is only lately being changed by the government, 

 the yield from State forests in the first decade of the century 

 having increased from a little over one million dollars to five 

 million. 



Under the law of 1907 the government has the right to pre- 

 vent devastation and order reforestation, restrict and even prevent 

 utilization. 



The forest area of Korea is estimated at around 12 million 

 acres, the most important State forests lying at the headwaters 

 of streams, several species of pine, larch and oak being import- 

 ant. 



The rich mountain forests of Formosa are still unopened. Abies 

 Tsuga, Pinus and Chamaecyparis are found in the higher eleva- 

 tions, Quercus, Cinnamomum, Machilus and Bamboo species 

 occupy middle and lower slopes. 



Another untouched forest wealth is found on the island of 

 Sachalin, some 8.5 million acres, mainly coniferous, Abies sacha- 

 linensis and Picea ajanensis, besides Larch. 



These forests are easily exploited and a beginning is to be 

 made presently. 



The development of forest and wood industries is still in 

 its infancy, paper and matches, with an annual output of 7 

 million dollars each seem to be most important, while among 

 the exports, besides 5 million dollars worth of matches, 1.3 

 million dollars of railroad ties figure. 



Die wirtschaftlichen Verhaltnisse Japans. Centralblatt fiir das gesammte 

 Forstwesen. January, 1912. Pp. 45-50. 



The original forest cover of Rhenish- 

 History Hesse was according to Walther largely 



of removed in the early years of the Roman 



Soil occupation. Since that time the forest 



Changes history has been part of the industrial his- 



tory of the country. While wars ravished, 

 the land industry languished and the forest area increased. 



