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above, was from 30 to 50 roubles ; moreover, this average 

 price is rapidly increasing, and the lease rent remains for 

 a number of years the same. In this forest district there 

 is likewise the estate of Koritchijko-Uralov (in the 

 management of the Briansk forest officials) of 2,850 desa- 

 tins 1,835 fathoms. Besides the crown estates there are 

 peasant estates, the total area of which is 4,474 desatins 

 396 fathoms. 



' The first Briansk forest district is the principal one in 

 the government of Orel, as well from its present condition, as 

 from the future which it will have with the opening of the 

 Smolensk-Orel railway, which runs through it for several 

 versts. From the value of the cuttings in the above-men- 

 tioned estates of this forest district Koulkovsky is remark- 

 able. The average price per desatin on this estate is 87 

 roubles, but frequently their are parts where the price 

 per desatin is above 100 roubles. One meets likewise on 

 the Soensk estate with desatins much above the average 

 price per desatin in the government. In this estate some 

 desatins attain sometimes to 140 roubles. The Soensk 

 and Koulkovsky estates are also known under the names 

 of first and second parts of Polninsky estate. 



' The Karatchev forest district has almost like impor- 

 tance with the first Briansk, because from most of the 

 estates of this forest district there is a possibility of tran- 

 sporting forest materials by railway (not over 80 versts), 

 with a cartage of 5 to 20 versts. Besides the district town, 

 Karatchev is a local consumer, and is situated at a 

 distance from the principal mass of forests of about 20 

 versts. 



'The principal estates of this forestry are : Recetitzk, 

 5,020 desatins 1,380 fathoms ; of this there are under forest, 

 4,645 desatins 2,355 fathoms; on lease, 118 desatins 

 1,580 fathoms ; in the management of the forest guards, 

 97 desatins 400 fathoms ; under the remaining appur- 

 tances, 5 desatins 2,880 fathoms ; waste area, 152 desa- 

 tins 1,985 fathoms ; under pine, 685 desatins ; under 

 fir, 45 desatins ; under mixed kinds, 2,657 desatins - 3 



