20 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



In the case of the communal and other forests, which are under 

 section 17 of the law, the working plan must pass through the 

 hands of the Inspector, and, after discussion by the Administrative 

 Forest Committee of the Department, be submitted to the Minister 

 of Agriculture, by whom, on the report of the Director-General of 

 Forests, it is approved. All working plans are to be revised 

 periodically. 



The following statement, which does not include the provinces of 

 Croatia and Slavonia, shows the progress made, up to the end of 

 1884, in the preparation of working plans : 



Square milea. 



Regular working plans approved, 395 



Temporary ,, ,, 4746 



Felling stopped pending the approval of the working plans, , 1462 



Total, 6603 



This represents rather more than 22 per cent, of the forests in 

 Hungary alone. The areas set forth above are owned as follows, 

 viz. : 



Proportion to the total 

 area of each class. 



^y the State, 254 '^-H^.s ^^ev cent. 



By coinnmnes and public institutions, . . 6344 41 "5 J 



By private proprietors (forests of protection), 5 



The small proportion of the State forests which has been dealt 

 with is remarkable. It is, however, expected that the work will be 

 completed within the next twelve years. 



The mean annual yield of the Hungarian forests in wood, includ- 

 ing that cut as thinnings, is as follows, viz. : 



Cubic feet. 



From high forest, .... 753,001,177 = 46^ per acre. 



„ „ coppice 244,722,038 - 38 „ 



,, coppice with standards, . . 2,267,367 - 56 ,, 



Total, . . 999,990,582 



This is equivalent to 63^- cubic feet per head of the population. 

 The working plans approved to the end of 1884 show the annual 

 yield as 912,005,282 cubic feet, the surface to be cut over each year 

 being 390,952 acres. These figures give 2370 cubic feet per acre 

 cut over, and 59 culnc feet per acre of the whole forest area. 



