38 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



10,000 acres. He manages them properly and they are about 

 on a par with the best round here. He says, by managing 

 these forests properly, he can cut down yearly 400 dozen of 

 sawing blocks. Many trees will cut into two blocks -, these 

 blocks after cutting, as they lie in the forest, are scarcely 

 worth 1 a dozen. But when he has sawed them (each 

 tree will average three planks) they, of course, will be 

 worth more, and he may, probably, clear 15s. a dozen, 

 after all expenses are paid, when they are sold in Gothen- 

 burg. It is very hard to give an estimate of the value of forest 

 land to purchase. Everything depends upon its situation, 

 as much of the forest lies so far from water communication, 

 that it can never be of use to any one. However, he 

 says, take all Wermland through, the forest land will 

 not be worth, on an average, more than 1 per acre to 

 purchase. 



Swedish square miles. 

 According to Bishop Agardth, the total 



area of Sweden is . .' . .. 3868 



From this deduct 



1 Inland lakes and mosses . . .498 

 Arable land, meadows, and other enclosed 



ground . . , . . . . 247 

 For fells and forests in the northern pro- 

 vinces, not available, and for barren flats 



in the south . . . . . 1500 



2245 



We shall find an area of forest land 



throughout the whole country left of . . .1623 

 But from this we must deduct, for swamps 



and rocky lands in the forest, where no 



trees can grow . . ..". : ; . . . * 500 



Leaving an area of productive forest of V * .1123 

 Or equal to 26,000,000 Swedish tunnland; or above 

 31,000,000 English acres. 



