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forestry from the pen of Mr A. L. Borenius, Forest-Master 

 and teacher of forestry in the School of Agriculture at 

 Mustiala; and Dr. K. E. F. Ignatius, Director of the 

 Government Statiscal Office in Helsingfors, has embodied 

 in his Statistical Notices much information in regard to 

 matters pertaining to forestry and to forest science, which 

 I valued highly as supplying to me the information 

 of which I was in quest when this was the subject 

 of my study. To him and to Dr. Blomqvist, Director of 

 the School of Evois, my obligations are very great. 

 By Dr Blomqvist have been published : 



1. Tabeller Framstaellande Utvecklingen afJemnaoriga oc/t 

 Slutna Skogsbestaond af Tall, Gran och Bjoerk. Helsingfors, 

 1872. To this are appended seven tables and two charts of 

 curves. These represent the increase made by the growth 

 of the Scots fir, the Norway spruce, and the Birch, in 

 normal forest masses throughout 200 years' vegetation. 

 The work is based on detailed observations made in jour- 

 neys through all parts of the country in the course of three 

 years. The materials collected were very voluminous ; 

 and one may be permitted to hope that they may yet 

 be published. Quotations from this work have been 

 given. 



2. Naogra ord till Bety suing af den Naervarande Skogs- 

 Fraogan i Finland. Helsingfors, 1874. A few words 

 designed to illustrate the question of forestry in Finland. 

 In this the question of forestry is discussed in the various 

 aspects presented by it in regard to political economy and 

 legislation. It is brought prominently forward that the 

 existence and conservation of private forests is very pre- 

 carious, and that to insure that a country shall remain 

 permanently wooded, it is necessary that the forests of 

 the domaines of the State, and those belonging to communi- 

 ties, should be, to a certain extent, under public control. 

 It is shown that if the feudal regime had not been estab- 

 lished in France and in Germany these countries would 

 have been cleared of forests, as have been England, Holland, 

 and Denmark. It is alleged that it is an erroneous sup- 



