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The State has also in a small way begun to purchase 

 absolute forest soils in the southern provinces with 

 a view to reforestation. 



The private forest areas, located in the more settled 

 southern portions are found mostly in small parcels 

 and in peasants' hands, although the nobility also 

 owns some forest properties, but the size of single 

 holdings rarely exceeds 1,000 acres. These areas 

 are mostly exploited without regard to the future, 

 furnishing still four-fifths of the large export, and 

 according to competent judges will soon be exhausted. 



Although attempts have been made from time to 

 time to restrict the use of private forest, practically 

 little has been accomplished, and such restrictions as 

 have been enacted are hardly enforced. 



A law, enacted in 1886, forbids clearing along waters 

 adapted to fishing, and orders the leaving of seed trees 

 or "providing otherwise for regeneration," if more 

 than 12 acres are cut at one time. 



The method of utilizing the ground for combined 

 forest and farm use, which is still frequently practised, 

 was forbidden on the light sandy soils of the pineries, 

 or was otherwise regulated. Forest fire laws are also 

 on the statutes. 



Propositions for further restrictions, made in 1891, 

 were promptly rejected by the parliament. 



Educational opportunities are offered in the Forest 

 Institute at Evois, first established in 1862 as a result 

 of v. Berg's visit, and re-organized in 1874. It accepts 

 new students only every second year for the two years' 

 course. It has had a precarious existence, being left 



