360 Spain. 



purpose, and an engineer placed in charge of each. 

 But from a statement that, in 1910, of some 300,000 

 acres planned to be recovered only 31,000 had been 

 completed it may be inferred that financial difficulties 

 still retard the work. 



Private forests, which had been without any inter- 

 ference, were, in 1908, placed under government 

 control so far as located within a defined protective 

 zone (zona protector a dasocratica) . Such must be 

 managed under plans provided by the Forest Service, 

 and in case of refusal on the part of owners expro- 

 priation proceedings are provided, but the money for 

 taking advantage of this provision would probably 

 not be in the Treasury. Indeed, according to Pro- 

 fessor Miguel del Campo at the Escurial forest school, 

 results so far are nil. 



Since 1896, popular education is attempted through 

 Arbor days, various associations fostering the idea; 

 in 1904, La Fiesta del Arbol was made a national holi- 

 day, and premiums are distributed for plantations 

 made on that day. 



The Revista de Montes, a semi-official monthly 

 journal, began its publication in 1877, and serves the 

 purpose of propaganda, as well as the professional 

 needs. A considerable book literature is also de- 

 veloped. , 



PORTUGAL. 



The small kingdom which occupies the west coast 

 of the Iberian peninsula, with 34,000 square miles 

 and 6 million people, is in many respects similar to 

 Spain, except that a larger portion is fertile, being 



