FORESTRY IN HUNGARY. 



So that the total area in charge of the Department amounts to 

 6266 square miles. 



The forests of Hungary are situated in the following zones of 

 altitude : 



Square Miles. 



5,206, or 15 per cent, below 200 metres (656 ft.). 

 9,935, or 28 ,, between 200 and 600 metres (656 and 1968 ft.). 

 20,318, or 57 „ above 600 metres (1968 ft.). 



35,459 



Forty-two meteorological stations have recently been established 

 in or near the forests, for the purpose of observing the temperature 

 and degree of moisture of the air, the direction and force of the 

 wind, and the amount of rainfall. The data furnished by these 

 stations are collected and tabulated in the central office at Buda- 

 Pesth. Observations recorded at altitudes varying from 16 feet 

 (Flume) to 2526 feet (Fajna in Marmaros) show that, in 1884, the 

 maximum rainfall amounted to 63 inches (Fiume and Goszpics, 

 both in the south) ; while the minimum, 4 inches, occurred at 

 Petrozseny in the east. The maximum temperature rose to 100° 

 Fahr. at Szolnok in Lower Hungary ; and the minimum, 23° below 

 zero Fahr., was registered at Szepes-Jglo in the north, at an alti- 

 tude of 1525 feet. The highest mean temperature, 59° Fahr., was 

 at Zeng, and the lowest, 40° Fahr., at Fajna in Mrirmaros. 



The forests are thus classed, according to the quality of the soil 

 on which they grow : 



Purely forest soil, as above defined, 

 Soil adapted for otber uses, 

 Plantations on moving sands, 

 Forests of Protection, 



Total, 



Square Miles. 



28,505 



4,785 



420 



1,749 



35,459 



It is said that the various species of trees are found in the fol- 

 lowing proportion, viz. : 



Oak {Querciis 2)edunculata and Q. scssiliflora), 

 Oak (Q. cerris), .... 



Beech {Facjus sylvatica). 



Hornbeam {Carjnnus hdiilus and C. orientalis), 

 Birch {Betula alba), .... 



Carry forward, 



22-28 per cent. 



5-72 

 36-54 



9-13 



2-39 



76-06 



