CONTENTS. xiii 



SECTION B. Forms assumed by the Practice in other 



Lands, ...... ... 62 



In India, &c. (p. 62) ; Notices by Dr Buchanan of it in 

 Mysore (p. 64), Canara (p. 66), and Malabar (p. 67); by 

 Marsden in Sumatra (p. 68) ; by Sir James Emmerson 

 Tennant in Ceylon (p. 68) ; and by others of it in Bur- 

 mah and South Africa (p. 70) ; in the United States of 

 America and the Dominion of Canada (p. 72). 



CHAPTER II. Discussion of the Evils consequent on this 



Practice in India, ............ 74 



CHAPTER III. Consideration of the Merits and De- 



merits of the Practice as still continued in France, 94 



CHAPTER IV. Climatic Effects of the Practice in Fin- 



land .................. 101 



Europe was formerly covered with Forests (p. 101) ; Man 

 in his Migrations has found many Lands a Wilderness, 

 and has left them a Desert (p. 102) ; but the Destruc- 

 tion of Forests may not be an unmixed evil (p. 107) ; 

 and the practice is alleged to be beneficial in its Clima- 

 tic Effects in Finland (p. 112). 



CHAPTER V. Development of Modern Forest Economy 



in Finland, ... ... ... ... ... 116 



Compatability of Strict Economy with apparent Waste (p. 

 116) ; Imperial Instructions and Regulations relative to 

 Management of Forests issued in 1848 (p. 118) ; Com- 

 mission appointed in 1856 to enquire into everything 

 pertaining to the Forests and the Management of them 

 (p. 119); Successive Reports made by the Commis- 

 sioners (p. 121). 



CHAPTER VI. Forest Administration, ... ... 129 



General arrangements for the Administration of Crown 

 Forests (p. 129). 



SECTION A. Forest Protection and Exploitation, ... 130 



Functions of Forest Wardens (p. 130) ; Instructions issued 

 13th May, 1859 (p. 132) ; Records preserved in each 

 Forest District (p. 133) j Work prescribed in the several 

 months of the year (p. 135) ; Forms of Official Docu- 

 ments (p. 137) j Forest Areas and Produce (p. 139). 



