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The forests yield annually to the state: 



Timber (cubic feet) k . . . 38, 100,000 



Fire wood (cubic feet) 64,200,000 



Total 102, 300, ooo 



This represents nearly an annual production of 46 cubic 

 feet of wood per acre of productive forest. The state 

 forests produce in addition thereto oak bark, which is 

 used in the tanning of leather; cork, rosin and several 

 other small products; also hunting rights are leased. 



The gross annual income in money is $6, ooo, ooo, or 

 $2.72 per acre of producing forest. In some forests this 

 average is largely exceeded and it attains as high as $8 

 per acre. 



The expenses are as follows, viz: 



Personnel $1,240,000 



Forest instruction 36,000 



Sundry works 336,000 



Reforesting of mountains 651,000 



Taxes paid to departments and municipalities 405,000 



Sundry expenses 57>oo 



Total $2,725,000 



But of all these expenses a large share is applied either 

 in administering the forests of the municipalities or in exe- 

 cuting works of real public utility in the ' 'protection for- 

 ests," or in reforesting mountain lands (to prevent slides 

 and the like). If we make these several deductions we 

 find that the expenses incurred in the producing forests 

 do not exceed 11,500,000 or 70 cents per acre. The net 

 annual income of these forests is therefore $2.72 less 70 

 cents, equal to f 2.02 per acre. 



The state forests are carried on either as high forest or 

 as coppice, and are managed under regulations approved 

 by the President of the Republic. Cuttings are made year- 

 ly. In forests rich in wood there is cut every year an amount 

 equal to the increment or growth; in forests poor in wood 



