140 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



FORESTS OWNED BY CORPORATIONS. 



These forests are about as extensive within the King- 

 dom of Wurtemburg as the Government forests proper. 

 They are owned by municipalities, towns and such in- 

 stitutions as may follow out public purposes, and are sub- 

 ject as such to Government control. 



The arrangement of supervision and management at 

 headquarters, in the case of Corporation Forests, is the 

 following: i President; 12 Technical officers (the same 

 men who form part of the State forest management) ; 4 

 members, having particular experience in the administra- 

 tion of communal matters. 



Corporation forests must be managed, on the basis of 

 forest working plans, in such a manner that a sustained 

 annual yield is obtained under the local supervision of 

 foresters who have obtained the training prescribed for 

 for State forest service. 



PRIVATE FORESTS. 



The forest area contained in private forests comprises 

 36 per cent of the forest area of the Kingdom or 537,000 

 acres. Approximately 200,000 acres, out of the total 

 number of private forests, are placed under the manage- 

 ment of trained foresters, whilst the management of the 

 rest is merely limited by the law of Feb. 19., 1902, known 

 as the law on Forest Policy. 



According to this law, in the case of forests playing the 

 the role of protection forests, and being essential as such 

 for the benefit of the commonwealth in safeguarding the 

 interests of the lowland no clear cutting and no very 

 heavy thinning is allowed without the consent of the forest 

 political authorities. These officials, at the same time, 

 see to it that proper reforestation follows in the wake of 

 heavy cuttings. If a private forest is maltreated, or if 



