242 FORESTRY IN FRANCE. 
Payment for minor produce is often accepted, especially by the 
communes, in the form of days’ work done in the forest. 
Wood supplied to the Admiralty. —Kvery year a notice is sent 
by the Forest Department to the Admiralty, showing the localities 
in which trees suitable for naval purposes are to be felled ; and the 
latter department then notifies the number and description of those 
which it desires to have reserved in each forest. The purchaser of 
the timber sold from these blocks fells, barks, and conveys the trees 
marked for the above purpose to an appointed place in the forest, 
where they are inspected and taken over by the Admiralty officials, 
who cut from them what they want, the rest of the wood being sold 
by the Forest Department in the ordinary manner. The forest 
officer and the marine engineer then agree upon the sum to be paid as 
the price of the wood removed, and as compensation, to cover losses 
caused by the depreciation in value of that rejected, and the account 
is subsequently adjusted in the financial department. Up to the 
year 1837, the Admiralty had the right to select trees everywhere, 
including the private forests; but the system was not found to 
answer, and it was abandoned in that year. Even under existing 
regulations, a very small proportion of the wood used by the 
Admiralty is obtained directly from the forests, the greater part of 
it being bought in the open market. 
Wood supplied to the War Department.—The requirements of 
the War Department are met as far as possible from the State 
forests, the trees being marked and felled by the Forest Department, 
and removed either directly by the military authorities, or by the 
Forest Department at their cost. The account is adjusted in the 
financial department. But the amount of wood so supplied is very 
small, as, except in cases where the State forests lie near the 
fortifications or garrison towns, it is found more convenient and 
cheaper to purchase what is required in the market. 
Roaps AND BUILDINGS. 
Without roads, which are required in order to render the forests 
accessible, and to facilitate the export of produce, this form of the 
natural riches of a country cannot be utilised; the construction of 
good export roads being one of the most important means that can 
be adopted for raising the forest revenue. Thus, in Corsica, where 
before 1850 the State forests did not produce more than £200 a 
year, the annual revenue derived from them was raised in 1868 to 
£8000, the improvement being due almost entirely to the develop- 
