FORESTS ON THE DNIEPER. 179 



Roubles. Roubles. Roubles. Roubles. 



Given gratis, - 57 60 61 2,052 



Loans, . . . 4,898 6,402 5,730 11,735 



Arrears, 1,419 432 291 



Duty for billets, 61 53 26 



Interest, ... 89 105 69 53 



Reeds, hay, &c., sold, 2,174 3,362 3,882 1,262 



' In the Novomirgorod forestry, district of Alexandria, 

 is situated the estate of Tchernoless, or black forest, remark- 

 able in New Russia for its great size (3,561 desatins 227 

 fathoms), for the government of Kherson, as well as the 

 age and denseness of the plantation, and besides this, by the 

 different archaeological tronvailles and researches near this 

 estate. The trading importance of this estate is char- 

 acterised by the sale of 98 desatins for 27,794 roubles. In 

 this forestry and district is the Neronbaiev estate of 

 2,827 desatins 220 fathoms, from which were sold 2 

 desatins for 1,120 roubles. In consequence of the impor- 

 tance of these two estates we consider it necessary to 

 relegate some particulars about them to a separate article, 

 as likewise others relating to the Tchouticausby estate, 

 Krilov forest district, from which 66 desatins were sold for 

 18,952 roubles. 



' By the value of the cuttings are distinguished like- 

 wise the following estates : 



< 1. Boboskhov, 173 desatins 2,280 fathoms. Of this 

 general area there are under forest, 140 desatins 1700 

 fathoms ; under plantations by forest guards, 5 desatins 

 400 fathoms; under appurtenances, 26 desatins 1,500 

 fathoms; waste, 1 desatin 1,080 fathoms. Of the forest 

 area there are under oak, 80 desatins ; yoke-elm, 20 desa- 

 tins ; different leaved trees, 32 desatins ; bare places, 8 

 desatins ; sold 2 desatins for 549 roubles. 



' 2. Zaidovsk, 158 desatins 850 fathoms, of which there 

 are forest area, 143 desatins 700 fathoms ; plantations 

 by forest guards, 5 desatins 400 fathoms ; appurtenances, 

 8 desatins 500 fathoms ; waste, 1 desatin 1,650 fathoms. 



