GERMAN FOREST MANAGEMENT ALSACE-LORRAINE. 



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The average price per cubic foot was : 



For timber or work wood 

 Oak.. 



Beech 

 Conifers 

 For lirewood 

 Oak 



('.Ills. 



. 17 



g 5 



5.5 

 Beech ........................................................................... g 7 



Conifers ..................................................................... 42 



On the whole the State received 7.2 cents per cubic foot for all its timber and firewood. 

 Among the improvements made during the year the items of roadmakiiig and reforestation are 

 most conspicuous. 



In the State forests aloue about 1,500 acres were seeded, generally at a cost of $2 to $3 per 

 acre, the lowest being (iO cents; while in few cases the cost exceeded $4 per acre. About 3,200 

 acres were planted, 1,280 acres for the first time, the rest being corrections of former failures. 

 Planting largely with hardwoods cost on an average about $,"5.50 per acre. Ivoadmaking is 

 vigorously pursued, as much of the land is quite rough, and well-planned, permanent, macadamized 

 roads have proven to be among the best investments. In some of the districts forest railways 

 have also been constructed. 



The final results during 1891 were as follows: 



Income from wood .................. ................................................... $1,523,000 



Other products ...................................................................... 22 000 



Chase ................................................................................ 15,000 



Total .............................................................. . ............. 1,560,000 



Of this $54,000 is figured for wood, which was given to persons holding servitude rights. 

 The expenses were : 



Running expenses 



Central forest bureau .............................................................. $26,000 



Oberfoersters ...................................................................... 97, 000 



Guards .. 



Logging 



Roadmaking 



Planting, sowing, drainage, etc . 



Other running expenses 



Permanent expenses 



116, 000 

 231, 000 

 47,000 

 47,000 

 128,000 

 60,000 



Total expenses 752, 000 



Real gross income 1, 522, 000 



Net income 770,000 



The following figures present the course of these relations for the decade ending 1891 : 



Financial results for the State forests in Alsace-Lorraine. 



