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and a chief of bureau, with salary of $1,867 an d rank 

 corresponding to that of a lieutenant colonel in the army. 

 There is a continuity of forest product based upon cer- 

 tain plans of cultivation. Reforesting is effected partly by 

 sowing, partly by planting, but principally by seeds from 

 standing trees, assisted by planting. The usual method 

 of harvesting the forest crop is, in the southern part of 

 the country, by cutting in blocks clean; in other parts of 

 the country by cutting trees only down to a certain size 

 fixed by law. The total forest product of the country is 

 sustained, and it is increasing. 



PRIVATE FORESTS. 



The aggregate extent of private forests is 58,715,135 

 acres and their average value per acre is estimated at about 

 $5. About twenty-five per cent of private forests is man- 

 aged on forestry principles. A royal committee is pre- 

 paring a project of forest laws to promote re-growth of 

 private forests. 



FORESTS OF THE UDDEHOLM COMPANY, SWEDEN.* 



The forests of the Uddeholm Stock Company are situ- 

 ated in nine parishes in the province of Vermland and in 

 two parishes of the province of Dalarne. Karlstad, on 

 Lake Wenern, about fifty (English) miles distant, and 

 Gothenberg, about one hundred and eighty miles distant, 

 are the nearest export harbors. Lake Wenern is con- 

 nected with the Baltic and also the North Sea by the 

 Gotha and Trollhatte (canals). The company owns fifty- 

 six miles of railroad Nordmark-Klarelf ven with thirteen 

 stations, which transports all sorts of goods, especially 

 iron and lumber, to and between the works. The com- 

 pany owns 400,000 acres of land in Vermland and 25,000 



*In formation furnished in Swedish by Dr. Fredrik lyOven, chief forest master, through 

 Mr. Gust. Jansson, manager of the Mtmkfors Iron Works. 



