THE STATE FORESTS OF SAXONY. 33 



The total net income amounted to ;,^496,i62, or j[^x, 2s. od. 

 per acre for the total area. The average net returns per acre 

 for the previous five years were — 



The most notable feature of these figures is the amount spent 

 on roads and bridges, which, when it is considered that the 

 Saxon State forests have been under good management for 

 nearly a century, and consequently have always had a fair sum 

 expended on transport facilities, must appear to many a very 

 large sum. It shows very clearly, however, the very great 

 importance of good roads or other means of transport if the 

 greatest financial return is to be reaped. The net return of 

 £\, 2S. per acre is also a very high figure when one con- 

 siders the poor quality of the land from which the income 

 is obtained — land which would probably not on the average let 

 at more than a few shillings per acre for grazing purposes. 



The summary of the net returns of the Saxon State forests for 

 1 910 was published in 191 2, and is of the usual detailed character, 

 being divided into twenty columns with a line for each range 

 {Revter). Each district is taken separately, and the sum of the 

 figures for all the forest in the district is placed against the name 

 of the district at the end of the list of component forests. 



Taking one average range and one average district together 

 with the totals for Saxony, an idea may be obtained as to what 

 figures are given and as to their relative proportions. The 

 forest of Grillenburg is familiar to most who have visited the 

 woods of Saxony and may be fairly taken as an average, while 

 that cannot be said of the Tharandt Revier which, although 

 much better known, is by no means representative, on account of 

 the fact that its expenses are materially increased in order to 

 maintain and increase its unique educative value. The spruce 

 forests of the Erzgebirge are characteristically represented in 

 the district of Schwarzenburg, and this gives the results of 

 practically pure spruce culture. 



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