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geria, Tunis, Madagascar, Indo-China, Reunion. In Al- 

 geria the organization is exactly similar to that of France, 

 and calls for an annual expenditure for salaries and works 

 of $600,000. 



GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE. 



The forests of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (population 

 1,119,893 in 1900); situated in the valleys of the rivers 

 Rhine and Main (on diluvial and alluvial sand), in the 

 Taunus (on slate, Devon), in the Vogelsberg mountains 

 on basalt and red sandstone), and in the Odenwald 

 mountains (on granite and red sandstone) comprise 

 612,020 acres or 31 per cent, of the entire area of the 

 State. 



Of this area 177,880 acres are Crown and State for- 

 ests, managed for and in the interest of the State; 

 234,955 acres are communal forests, owned by munici- 

 palities or public institutions; 135,285 acres are private 

 forests of the ist class, entailed forests in possession of 

 families, and 63,900 acres are private forests of the 2nd 

 class (ordinary private forest), owned by individuals. 



The broad-leaved trees, beech, oak, ash, alder, birch, 

 maple, horn-beam, etc., are covering about 60 per cent of 

 the area under forest, the remaining 40 per cent consist 

 of conifers, pine, spruce, fir, larch, etc. 



The average estimated value of the Crown and State 

 forest land is $150 per acre, but there are great differ- 

 ences according to quality of soil, age and condition of 

 growing stock, transportation facilities and density of 

 population. 



