300 Sweden. 



Commissioners may be instituted to make sure of the 

 enforcement of the law. The Board secures the 

 services of an expert adviser from the State forest 

 service paid by the government but leaves to the 

 Board discretion as to the interpretation of the law 

 which is for the most part expressed in general terms, 

 to secure conservative management. Hence differ- 

 ent Boards have worked in different ways, but gradu- 

 ally all are coming to similar methods, and all apply 

 persuasive means rather than force. 



The law requires regeneration, but does not pre- 

 scribe detail methods as to how re-growth is to be 

 obtained, leaving these to be determined by the 

 Board in consultation with the owners. If no agree- 

 ment can be arrived at, or if the measures stipu- 

 lated are not taken by the owner, the Board may 

 enforce its rulings by Court proceedings, in which in- 

 junctions to prevent further lumbering, confiscation of 

 logs, or of lumber, or money fines may be adjudged. 



The time of contracts for logging rights is reduced 

 from 20 to 5 years. Short courses of instruction to 

 forest owners, and the issuing of popularly written 

 technical publications (Folkskrifter) is one of the 

 efficient methods of securing the result, which seems 

 to have been attained in the few years since the law 

 is in operation, namely in arousing such interest 

 that opposition has become very small. 



An export duty (4 to 8 cents per 100 cubic feet of 

 timber, 8 to 14 cents per ton of dry wood pulp) is 

 levied for the purpose of carrying out the law the 

 export duty amounting to over $160,000, and a more 

 general export duty is under contemplation. 



