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Of which are 

 under forests. 



' In these forest circuits the greatest part of the forests 

 constitute crown estates, whereas in the remaining forest 

 circuits they belong to the peasants. 



' The second group contains Jeletz, Liven, and Malo- 

 Archangelsk. 



'To the third group belong the districts of Orel, 

 Bolchov, Mtzensk, Dmitrov, and Kromin, 



' It is evident that the two last groups must be referred to 

 places with little wood. The importation of forest products 

 into these districts from the south and east is impossible 

 in consequence of their being no forests in these parts ; 

 the importation by the river Oka, and generally from the 

 north from the governments of Tula and Kaluga 

 also cannoi be great, because the government of Tula 

 has no excess of forest materials, an 1 the forest materials 

 of the government of Kaluga will always find an increa- 

 sing demand on the Orel-Moscow railway, and being 

 floated down the Oka, will find a better market in 

 Moscow because those landed at Serpuchov will be 

 transported by rail only 90 versts, whereas from Serpuc- 

 hov to Orel by railway is much further, and besides the 

 floating by the Oka against the stream, and frequently 

 against a contrary wind, is long, and costs dear. In the 

 meantime the demand for forest materials in these 

 districts must increase rapidly. In Orel three branches 

 of railways meet, in consequence of \vhich the sale of the 

 manufactures of the government of Orel must increase, 



