108 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



The following are the net receipts from forests in 1896 

 as to a few cantons : 



Zurich, 180,900 francs, or 91.06 francs per hectare of forest. 

 Berne, 893,000 francs, or 71 francs per hectare of forest. 

 Soleure, 33,400 francs, or 44 francs per hectar of forest. 

 St. Gall, 71,000 francs, or 84. 60 francs per hectare of forest. 

 Argovie, 241,000 fracs, or 78.73 francs per hectare of forest. 

 Vaud, 236,000 francs, or 32 francs per hectare of forest. 



The net receipts from town and municipal corporation 

 forests in 1896 were : 



Canton of Orisons, 1,200,000 francs, or 10.40 francs per hectare 



of forest. 

 Canton of Argovie, 2,378,000 francs, or 70.60 francs per hectare 



of forest. 



On an average -about 412 acres of forest have been 

 created annually during the past twenty years, at the ex- 

 pense of the federal treasury. 



In order to regenerate the forests, both planting and 

 natural seeding are practiced, as may be most effective. 



In the lowest countries, where clean cutting is practiced, 

 planting is resorted to. Where real dangers exist from 

 avalanches, land-sliding, etc., which do not permit com- 

 plete denudation, and where gardening is required, natural 

 modes of regeneration are generally used, and sowing is 

 seldom done. 



Reforesting by the Confederation in high mountain re- 

 gions costs on an average 400 francs per hectare for 6,000 

 to 7,000 plants set in their places. 



The federal and cantonal legislatures prescribe a sus- 

 tained production for the forests of the state, of the towns 

 and of the municipal corporations. If, through winds, 

 snow-slidings or otherwise, too much timber has been des- 

 troyed, less cutting is done in the following years, in order 

 that as rapidly as possible the forest may regain the num- 

 ber of trees -fixed by the management. The forests are 

 operated in various ways, according to localities and ac- 



