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allocation of Crown parks great regard should be had to 

 the facilities for the transport or floating of timber which 

 they might present. 



In a subsequent report in 1872 the subject of Svedjande 

 was discussed in a statement which has been cited in the 

 close of the preceding chapter ; and the subject of the 

 forest administration, or body of officials entrusted with 

 the direction of the management of the forests, was brought 

 under consideration, with results which will afterwards be 

 stated. 



A. third subject upon which they reported was that 

 of the tenure of land, with forest rights, and claims to 

 forest produce, based on usage, if not on documentary 

 title. 



In Finland, as elsewhere, difficulties arising out of, or 

 otherwise connected with, the mode of land tenure with 

 forest rights, obtained by prescription or by law, and by 

 peculiar usages, were met with in the endeavours to im- 

 prove the forest economy of the country in so far as this 

 related to the forests belonging to the Government. 



From information communicated to me by Dr A. G. 

 Blomqvist, Director of the Forest Institute at Evois, I 

 gather that the forests of Finland are in part private 

 property, and in part the property of the Government a 

 part, but only a small part, belonging to communities. 

 Of the private property, most are held in small farms by 

 peasant or agricultural proprietors, and these are of two 

 classes. The first, Skatle Kemmon : these have an absolute 

 right to do with their forests as they please ; the other, 

 Krono Kemmon : these may fell for their own consumption 

 and use, but not for sale. But they have the power to 

 convert their tenure into freehold if they wish, and this 

 most of them have done by an equivalent money payment. 

 But this is in a great measure the result of arrangements 

 which have been made within the last few years. 



In their report the Commissioners say : ' In conclusion 

 there comes up a question which is, in the estimation of 

 the Commissioners, no less important. It relates to per- 



