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nium being given. It increased steadily from 425,794 hectar in 

 1870 to 4,588,588 hectar in 1910 (over 11,000,000 acres), the 

 largest purchases having been made around the year 1900. The 

 cost per acre varied from $3.33 to $11.55 per acre in the quin- 

 quennial averages. 



A comparison of expenditures and annual cut reveals remark- 

 able disproportions. In Saxony, with a cut of 284,000 cubic feet 

 per revier the expense for personnel alone is $1.33 per acre; in 

 Wurtemberg with a cut of 695,000, the personnel expense is 82 

 cents; in Prussia with a cut of 575,000 the expense is 76 cents per 

 acre; while in Sweden with a cut of 1,775,000 cubic feet per dis- 

 trict, the personnel expense is only 3.4 cents per acre. Even the 

 mine forests incur a greater expense for service than the State 

 with II cents on a cut of somewhat over one million feet per dis- 

 trict. 



Curves showing the incomes, expenditures and net results in 

 five to five year periods show as steady growth of net income as 

 the growth in area, the small income of 1870-74 with $115,000, 

 had in 1905-9 grown to over $1,200,000. 



A very interesting profit calculation for two characteristic single 

 districts (Kronopark) shows the great difference when dealing 

 with a district which at once furnishes a budget to be offset against 

 the purchase money and interest (at 3.6%) as compared with a 

 district of waste and young growth. The former had in 12 years 

 almost paid for itself, while the latter, of course, had only ac- 

 cumulated expense and interest. 



Bergslagsdistriktets KolleklivutstaUning, etc. Skogsvardsforeningens 

 Tidskrift. December, 191 1. Pp. 441-459. 



The extent of the waste lands in the hands 



Waste of the government on October i, 1908, was 



Land 69,585 acres, to which in 1909 were added 



in 2,121 acres by purchase and exchange, and 



Prussia. 16,030 acres were planted up, leaving still 



55,676 acres to be reclaimed. In 1910, a 



further acquisition of 9,750 acres is recorded but the planting 



reduces the area by 18,342 acres, leaving a balance of 47,084 acres 



to reclaim. 



Zeitschrift fiir Forst-und Jagdwesen. January, 1912. Pp. 63, 64. 



