TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



end show how the price of wood, especially that of " timber " 

 is rising in Saxony. 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



191 1 



The total gross income was jC82g,;^'jS, or -£i, i6s. 9d. per 

 acre for the whole of the woodlands. The total expenses, 

 including ;£t^iS for the Forsteinrichtungsanstalt, amounted 

 to ;!^333.2i6, or 40 per cent, of the total income, which 

 equals 14s. 9d. per acre. The expenses were made up of the 

 following items : — 



£ 



Pay 86,791 



Lodging and other allowances . . . 11,804 

 Buildings and repairs .... 10,635 

 Sundry management costs . . . 36,769 

 Total cost of management and administra- 



tion ( = 43-8 per cent, of total expenses 



and equals 6s. 6d. per acre of total 



area). 

 Planting, sowing, etc. (= is. per acre, net 21,397 



productive area). 

 Care of young plantations ( = I'zd. per acre, 2,194 



net area). 

 Repairing river banks, drainage, etc. 2,583 



( Wasserbau) ( = i •4d. per acre, net area). 

 Road and bridge-making (=is. 8d. 35,851 



per acre, net area). 

 Expenses on meadows within forests . 103 

 Total cost of maintenance ( = 19*1 per cent. 



of total expenses). 

 Research work ..... 1,044 



Preparation of forest products for market 109,003 



felling, etc., of which ;!^io8,945 was for 



wood over 7 cm. ( = •883d. per cubic feet). 

 Other working costs .... 15,042 

 Total working costs ( = 38 per cent, of total 



expenses). 



Total expenses 



£ 



145.999 



62,128 



125,089 

 ^333,216 



besides which ;^8o35 was paid for insurance of woodmen. 



