248 France. 



land planting. Through its agency some 4000 acres 

 had been planted by 1910, some 900 nurseries furnish- 

 ing plant material. 



An active Section of Silviculture in the Societe des 

 Agriciiltenrs some time ago absorbed the forestry 

 association and is also doing practical work in the 

 direction most needed, improvement of forestry 

 practice among private woodland owners. 



7. Colonial Policies. 



The French possess extensive colonies in Africa, 

 Asia, America and Oceania, covering not less than 

 four million square miles with over 90 million people, 

 to some of which at least they have extended some 

 features of their forest policy, notably in Algeria, 

 Tunis, Indo-China and Madagascar. 



Algeria, which was conquered in 1828, is about four- 

 fifths of the size of France, but only 5.5 per cent, 

 is forested. Besides the desert, there are two 

 forest regions, the northern slope, the so-called Tell, 

 abutting on the Mediterranean, which, with 20 per 

 cent, forested, contains the most valuable forests of 

 Cork Oak, various other oaks, and Aleppo Pine; and 

 the high plateau to the south, a region of steppes with 

 about 6% forested, mostly with brushwood. The 

 adjoining Tunis also contains some 2 million acres of 

 forest, a part of which clothed with the valuable 

 Cork Oak. 



Although the population does not exceed 5 million, 

 import of wood from Sweden and elsewhere to nearly 

 one million dollars in amount is necessary. The first 

 advance of civilization led to wide-spread destruction 



