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The total expenditure in connection with the manage- 

 ment and administration of the forests for the financial 

 year 1904-1905 amounted to Kr. 644,700,53, while the 

 revenue yielded by the forests during the same period 

 was Kr. 1,109, 1 47>%5- 



Of the above expenditure, however, about Kr. 190,000 

 were paid as grants to private forestry, purchase of 

 woods and other objects, which do not concern the direct 

 management of the public forests. 



During the year 1904, i, 529, 245 trees were planted out 

 (chiefly pine, pinus sylvestris, and spruce abies excelsa,) 

 with which has been covered an area of about 3,058 

 hektars and 41,30 kilograms of seed have been sown over 

 an area of 21 hektars at a total cost of Kr. 2 8, 883,61. 



During the same year ditches have been dug in bogs 

 and sour (seepy) ground and brooks cleared in a length 

 of 91, 142 running meters. 



The regeneration is effected chiefly by natural seeding 

 from the remaining trees and the mode of felling the 

 trees is mainly on the basis of the selective cutting sys- 

 tem. 



The staff of the office for woods and forests consists of 

 i Skogdirektor (director of forests), 4 Skoginspektorer 

 (inspectors of forests), 26 Skogforvaltere (managers of 

 forests), i Skogtaxator (valuer of forests), 4 Skogassis- 

 tenter (forest assistants), 13 Skogplantere (forest plant- 

 ers) and 418 Skogvogtere (forest keepers). With ex- 

 ception of the forest keepers the whole of the staff is 

 made up of men more or less thoroughly trained for this 

 special line. On each of the "Skogforvalters" to whom 

 the management of the public forests is entrusted, falls 

 on an average 31,415 hektar. The distribution of the 

 area is, however, very uneven. 



There are no permanent laborers in connection with 

 the forest and woods office of the State. Provided the 



