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building of roads and forcing the Chinese to use them instead 

 of wandering through the plantations and also by the removal 

 of graves, excluding thereby the religious rites accompanied by 

 fireworks — a frequent source of forest fires. Next to man, insects 

 of a great variety did the greatest damage but are now suc- 

 cessfully combated. 



The first thinnings can already be sold at good prices, the 

 dearth of wood making the small brush and poles desirable ma- 

 terial. 



The success through persistent efifort and repair planting even- 

 tually has been such that the Chinese themselves, as well as 

 Chinese and English companies, have undertaken similar work, 

 securing their plant material, and, in part, superintendence from 

 the German forest department ; and the influence has extended 

 to the forest policy of the village corporations in placing their 

 remnants of forest property under surveillance of the depart- 

 ment. Land values have risen in consequence to two and three 

 times their former value. 



The Chinese cement works, the Ching-Ching mines, the Dutch 

 Heiho conservancy, the government of Schantung and many 

 Chinese villages, corporations and private land owners are among 

 the beneficiaries. Many European and Japanese species have 

 been used in the plantations, among them Robinia, Larch, Scotch 

 and Maritime Pine, Alder, Poplar. Some 4 million plants have 

 been distributed. 



Altogether, it cannot be said that colonial forestry has so far 

 developed much to the advantage of Germany, at least not as much 

 as has sometimes been expected. There is, however, a rational 

 effort made to prevent deterioration of the forest resources, to 

 ascertain their value and marketability, and to prepare for a 

 sane management and exploitation when the time comes, not 

 forgetting the needs of reforestation. 



