1#> THE FOREST LANDS OF FINLAND. 



vation and of the observations they had made, with their 

 comments on the same. On the corresponding day in the 

 following year they made a similar report in regard to the 

 Crown forests in the remaining part of Uleaborg and in 

 Kuopio; and again, on the corresponding day in 1868, 

 they made their report in regard to the Crown forests in 

 Kemi, and on the 25th March 1869 they issued their final 

 report, stating conclusions to which they had come, and 

 submitting suggestions for the subsequent management of 

 the work of the forest administration. 



In their report this Commission, after commending the 

 forest economy of Bavaria as well deserving of study by 

 any who would see what might be done, and commending 

 the forest science of France as not less suggestive, and 

 referring to Switzerland as a country practically protesting 

 against a stricter conservation of forests there forests, 

 according to report, being treated with great recklessness 

 notwithstanding that the severity of the climate in the 

 mountain districts, and many other things, including 

 devastating torrents, seemed to manifest a greater necessity 

 for well preserved woods than is the case in many other 

 lands, proceeded to call attention to the interest which 

 had been taken in the question of forest economy in the 

 adjacent country of Sweden, as being well deserving the 

 consideration of statesmen and foresters in Finland. 



The Commissioners traced the increased interest which 

 was then being manifested in Sweden in the conservation 

 and economical management of forests, whether held by 

 the Crown or by private proprietors, to the consideration 

 which had been given to the subject in the close of the 

 last century and the commencement of the present, and to 

 the forest regulations issued in 1805, which regulations 

 were then stiU in force. They stated that nothing which 

 had subsequently occurred previous to the Agricultural 

 Fair of 1853 required special notice ; but that then, 

 through the progress of events, the subject was brought 

 under discussion in connection with other questions raised 



