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The annual aggregate expense of administration and 

 protection, for wood-cutting, cultivation, construction 

 and repairing of forest roads, etc., amounted in 1903 to 

 1534, 153 and the aggregate net revenue for the same 

 year to $364, 191. The average rate of net income is 

 about 2^/2 per cent. 



For regeneration by means of planting and sowing; 3*^ 

 million seedlings and 50,000 Kilograms of seed of broad- 

 leaved species, ii}4 million seedlings and 2,500 Kilo- 

 grams of seed of coniferous species were used at an ex- 

 pense of $65, 167. Full reforesting over the entire sur- 

 face of the ground is carried out upon about 700 acres; 

 rilling up of blanks in natural or artificial regeneration 

 upon about 2,000 acres per annum. Regeneration by 

 seed dropping from the mother trees is only applied in 

 the case of the beech; in all other cases sowing or plant- 

 ing is resorted to. 



Scotch pine seedlings are mostly planted when one 

 year old four feet apart on strips of ground about 12 

 inches broad and well prepared to a depth of 12 inches. 

 Sowing on similiar strips of ground occurs in exceptional 

 cases. 



Spruce, fir, white pine and larch are planted when 3 

 to 4 years of age. 



Oak is invariably planted by seed, by setting the 

 acorns from 3 to 4 inches apart, in 3 close rows on strips 

 of ground thoroughly loosened by the hoe. All other 

 broad-leaved species are planted at an age of from 2 to 5 

 years. 



Areas to be replanted after clearing off the mature 

 trees are not allowed to exceed the size of 7 to 8 acres, 

 because larger clearings are considered to be suffering 



