CHAPTER IV. 

 FOREST EXPLOITATION. 



IN the account given of forests and forest management in 

 the valley of the Dnieper, allusion is made to certain 

 forests being organised in contradistinction to others 

 which are not so ; and I have stated that in bringing 

 under consideration the forestry of Lithuania I was 

 influenced by the circumstance that this would supply an 

 opportunity of bringing under notice the forest manage- 

 ment of Russia, as seen in the administration of forests 

 comprised in the Imperial domains. 



The state forests of Russia proper, exclusive of appanages, 

 or forests included in lands set apart for the maintenance 

 or pleasure of members of the reigning family, are under 

 the admin isteration of the Minister of Imperial domains. 

 In each government is an inspector of forests, with num- 

 erous subordinates, who are intrusted with the management 

 of the forests. These occupy a good social position ; all 

 the superior subordinates of the inspector are educated 

 men who have passed with credit through the professional 

 instruction and training prescribed, and supplied at the 

 schools of forestry. The forty-two governments are grouped 

 according to their geographical position in eight forest 

 divisions, and there is published annually a report entitled 

 Otchet po Laesnomu Upravleniou Ministerstva Gocydarstven- 

 neech Eemustchestva in which, under five chapters, are 

 supplied : 



1. Statements relative to the extent and contents of the 

 forests under the administration. 



2. Statements relative to the organisation for the man- 

 agement of these forests. 



3. Statistics and economics of these forests and of quit- 

 rent places connected with them. 



