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the whole of the Crown forests at the Cape of Good Hope 

 was then only about 250 a year in excess of the 

 expenditure on what was called the conservation, but 

 included a wasteful sale of the produce ; and thereafter 

 the free revenue rapidly diminished, and the forests were 

 rapidly disappearing. But latterly Count de Vassolot, 

 an cleve of the Forest School of Nancy, was appointed 

 Commissioner of Forests in the Colony ; and from a 

 Colonial notice of an official report of his, it appears that 

 these Crown forests, if regularly worked, would produce a 

 yearly revenue of 235 ,000 ! 



At the time referred to (1863-64) comparatively little 

 was being done to obtain the greatest possible good from 

 the Colonial forests of South Australia. In the interval 

 the defence, exploitation, and extension of these forests 

 has been entrusted to Mr J. E. Brown as Conservator of 

 Forests. For eights years past there has been expended 

 on these works, under his advice, well-nigh 6000 a year ; 

 but this has been repaid within a small amount by 

 revenue derived from the forests \ while the value of the 

 permanent improvements and extension of the forests is 

 estimated at 100,000. 



Again, from a statement in the Indian Pioneer, it 

 appears that the Indian forest revenue for official year 

 (1883-84) amounted to 1,040,000, and the charges to 

 about 600,000, leaving a clear revenue of 440,000. 

 In France the revenue and expenditure of the forest 

 department were 1,405,104 and 641,508, according to 

 a quotation by Dr Brandis. But the French State forests 

 cover less than 4000 square miles. Those of the Indian 

 Government, including the second-class reserves, cover 

 over 89,000 square miles, and a large proportion of the 

 expenditure in India is occasioned by extensive planta- 

 tions. In Prussia, from 10,000 square miles of State 

 forests, there is derived a net gain of nearly a million 

 sterling annually. 



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