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value. The private forest proprietor pays to the state 40 

 centimes and from 2. 40 francs to 3.20 francs to the towns 

 per 1,000 francs of forest value; and in addition thereto 

 he is taxed on the income in the amount of one per cent 

 of the average two per cent of gross declared value of the 

 forest, but neither the state nor the towns pay a tax on 

 the income of their forests. 



WURTEMBERG. 



Wurtemberg lies west of Bavaria, and is the third Ger- 

 man state in point of area, its population being a little 

 over 2,000,000. Its greatest length from north to south 

 is 140 miles, and its greatest breadth is 100 miles. One- 

 third of the Black Forest (so called from the dark foliage 

 of its pines), and which forms a sort of a triangle, lies 

 within Wurtemberg, two-thirds being in Baden. The 

 Black Forest has a total length of 93 miles, and its 

 breadth varies from 13 to 46 miles. 



STATE FORESTS. 



The Government forests occupy one-third of the entire 

 forest area of the Kingdom and comprise 420,000 acres, 

 namely : 



Oak, 2 per cent; beech, 26 percent; Scotch pine, 10 

 percent; Norway spruce, 44 per cent; silver fir, 15 percent; 

 maple, ash, walnut, etc., 2 percent. 



The price of the forest land from which the timber is 

 cut, varies according to local conditions and amounts, on 

 the whole, to $35 or $40 per acre. 



During the period 1893 to 1903, the Government 

 bought annually about 250 acres of forest land for the 

 purpose of the enlargement of its possessions; and, fur- 

 ther, with a view to obtaining possession of solid bound- 

 aries of land. 



