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FORESTRY IN LITHUANIA. 



Gjatsk district the local demand for material is much less than 

 in that of Mojaisk and Volokamsk ; and with regard to float- 

 age it must be remarked that, by the course of the rivers 

 Konsa and Moscow, the district of Gjatsk is 100 versts 

 further from Moscow. The medium price of birch wood 

 in the districts of Mojaisk and Volokamsk is 4 roubles for 

 highest quality, and in the district of Gjatsk, 4 roubles ; 

 and wood of lowest quality is 2'10 kopecs in all, though the 

 distances from the principal markets are different.' 



Of forests in the government of Orel he writes : 

 ' The forests of the Orel government, like the forests of 

 Smolensk, are situated likewise on the basins of the 

 Dnieper, Oka, and Don, but the crown forests of the Orel 

 government have a much higher importance in the wood 

 trade than those of Smolensk ; the Orel crown forests 

 form a much larger extent of the whole surface under 

 forests than those of Smolensk, and, with regard to 

 communication, are under still under more favourable 

 conditions. 



' The whole extent of crown forest estates which are 

 under government management is distributed in the 

 districts as follows : 



