FORESTRY IN HUNGARY. 23 



annually ; and 56 million cubic feet of wood are consumed by the 

 smelting furnaces. The mean imports and exports of iron^ during- 

 the three years from 1882 to 1884, were as follow : 



Tons. Value. 



Imports, 105,008 £1,580,500 



Exports, 46,408 468,320 



Imports in excess, . . . 58,600 £1,112,180 



There are 1470 saw-mills, viz. : 



Thousand cubic 

 feet of timber. 



179 Steam mills, working 320 IVames, each of which 



can cut up annually, 140 to 175 



69 Water mills, large, ,, 103 „ „ 70 ,, 106 



1242 „ small, ,, 1242 ,, „ 14 „ 18 



They are together able to cut up annually over 88 million cubic 

 feet of deal, or from 50 to 60 per cent, of that quantity of hard 

 wood. 



The rates obtained in 1884 for building timber, sold standing in 

 the State forests, were as follows, viz. : 



The average rate for timber of this class was therefore about 2 •2d. 

 per cubic foot, and about 8s. lOd. per load of 50 cubic feet, which 

 is an extremely low rate in comparison with that obtained for such 

 timber sold from the French forests. Firewood is sold in the 

 forest at from one farthing to one half-penny a cubic foot. 



The mean nett revenue of the whole of the forests taken 

 together is £777,000, or 8|d. per acre. The actual receipts and 

 expenditure for the State forests during 1884 and 1885 were — 



Receipts, . 

 Expenditure, 



Surplus, . . . £161,916 £168,070 



The average annual surplus for the four years from 1881 to 



