726 Forestry Quarterly. 



Charitable Funds (Evkaf Houmaizoum Nezareti), Forests and 

 Vakoufs-Lands Section. 



The Turkish Government has given permission to the mitred 

 Abbot of the Mirdites to exploit, for 15 years, the magnificent 

 oak forests in the territory of the Mirdites, and Prince Bib Doda 

 sold, two years ago, a large forest near Lake Scutari, to some 

 Italians, who have organized the exploitation of its resources. 



VValdbcstdnde und der Holzhandel in dcr Tiirkei. Continentale Holz- 

 Zeitung. June, 1912. Pp. 221-222. 



Of the total area of Greece 12.67% or about 



Forests 2 million acres are woodland, including 



of shrubby pastures. Of this area 80% belong 



Greece. to the State, the balance is private property. 



The mountains in northern Greece (Pindos, 

 Ossa, Helion) and the middle provinces are the best wooded 

 parts. The coast and the islands are forestless. Maresch be- 

 lieves that Greece in olden times was much better forested, due 

 to holy groves which were destroyed in the Christian era. The 

 decimation continues through herding of sheep and goats (3 mil- 

 lion of the latter), and through fire to secure grass. Statistics 

 place the annual decrease of forest at 1.2% or 25,000 acres. 

 Among the conifers firs prevail (35%), especially A. apollinis, 

 panachaica, cephalonica; spruce is common and Pinus halepensis 

 (20%). Among broadleafed trees oak is most common, chest- 

 nut and beech come next, besides about 60 other species. 



No forest management seems to exist, exploitation is the rule. 

 The State secures annually about $225,000, the cut being about 

 28,000,000 cubic feet. A large importation from Austria, Turkey 

 and Roumania is necessary. 



Ueber Griechenlands W'dlder. Centralblatt fiir das gesammte Forst- 

 wesen. April, 1912. Pp. 195-6. 



The forests of Santo Domingo were studied 

 Forests by Mr. Karl W. Woodward in 1909. The 



of republic contains nine and a half million 



Santo acres of forest or 85 per cent, of the total 



Domingo. area. IVTore than half of the area is un- 



fitted for farm use. Three types are dis- 

 tinguished : the humid hardwood, the dry hardwood and the pine 



