FORESTS. 39 



The crown, or royal forest s, in Sweden are sixty- six in 

 number, lying in ten provinces, and extending over an area 

 of 143,224 tunnland. 



On a fair calculation it is reckoned that, at the present 

 day, the timber which can be put to any profitable purpose 

 in these forests, does not exceed more than twenty-two 

 fathoms of 100 cubic feet on each tunnland, so that, ac- 

 cording to Herr Strom, the gross produce of the 26,000,000 

 tunnland will be 572,000,000 fathoms, which if we 

 allow for the 100 years' circulation (as noticed hereafter) 

 will give us a yearly return of 5,720,000 fathoms, or 

 one-hundredth part of the gross return of 572,000,000 

 fathoms. 



Now, according to Strom, the consumption of wood in 

 Sweden in the year 1854 was 



Fathoms. 



Calculated at 6,915,568 



And the export . . . 436,169 



Total .... 7,351,737 

 The yearly consumption he reckons thus : 



Fathoms. 



For firewood one fathom for each person . 3,600,000 



(This was some years back, when the popula- 

 tion was not so numerous.) 



Charcoal for Furnaces, etc. (it is reckoned that 

 seven cubic feet of wood go to each tunna of 

 charcoal) . . . , . . . 1,986,000 



For Brandy Distilling (six fathoms for every 

 1000 kanna, and, according to HerrNycan- 

 der's report, 11,678,000 kanna were distilled 

 in 1854 but in 1862 14,376,000 kanna were 

 distilled) ' . 70,068 



For Burning Bricks and Tiles (one fathom to 



every 1000 bricks) . . . . . 12,500 



