STATE AND OTHER FORESTS OF FRANCE. 1 1 7 



In one felling area of i6| acres in the State forest, the following 

 trees were felled : — 



130 oak tellers. 

 6 1 oak of two rotations. 

 24 oak of three or more rotations. 

 6 ash of three rotations. 

 3 poplar of three rotations. 



The volume felled was 4725 cubic feet, and the price obtained 

 ^560, or ;^34 per acre, equivalent to an annual return of 

 j£x, 7s. 2|d. per acre. 



The average annual revenue of the State forest between 1886 

 and 1895 was as follows: — 



Fellings, .... ;!^824o 



Shooting lease, . . . i444 



Sales of grass, . . . 384 



Value of produce given away, . 352 



Total, . ;^io,42o 



The corresponding average annual expenditure was as follows : — 



Works, including maintenance of houses, 



roads, plantations, etc., . . ;j^432 



Supervision, .... 304 



Rates, . . . . 316 



Total, . ;^io52 



This gives a balance of ^^9368 for 8290 acres, equal to 

 ;^i, 2S. 8d. per acre per annum. 



I could not obtain recent statistics for the revenue and 

 expenditure of the private forest, but in 1897 it appears to 

 have been as follows : — 



Sales of wood, .... ^5337 

 Expenditure, .... i337 



Balance, . ^^4000 

 for 3500 acres, equal to ;^i, 2s. lod. per acre per annum. 



