268 Russia. 



The minutest details are elaborated in the instruc- 

 tions for the execution of this most comprehensive 

 law. How far this law is really executed and what 

 its results so far have been, it would be difficult to 

 ascertain. It is, however, believed that it has worked 

 satisfactorily. By 1900, 1.5 million acres had been 

 declared protection forests, nearly 2 million protected 

 or river forests, and nearly 100 million private and 

 communal forests had been placed under the regime. 

 In 1907, the total area under the regime had grown to 

 over 136 million acres. Of private forests, 18 million 

 acres in 6015 forests were being managed according 

 to working plans made or approved by the forest 

 committees. In these plans, usually, the strip system 

 or seed tree system with natural regeneration under 

 60 year rotation for conifers, and at least 30 year 

 rotation for broadleaf forest, is provided. 



In 1903, the application of the law was extended to 

 the Caucasus, the Trans-caucasian and other southern 

 provinces, but in the absence of suitable personnel 

 and in a half civilized country, no result for the im- 

 mediate future may be anticipated. 



The surveillance of the execution of this law lies, 

 with the assistance of the Forest Committees, in the 

 hands of the State Forest Administration. 



This latter, centralized in the Department of Agri- 

 culture, consists of a Director General with two Vice- 

 Directors and a so-called bureau of forests with seven 

 division chiefs, a number of vice-inspectors and assist- 

 ants. The local administration in the governments 

 is represented by the Direction of Crown Jands with 

 a superintendent or supervisor and several inspectors. 



