124 THE FORE&T LANDS OF NORTHERN RUSSIA. 



first-class mills, two frames, well-managed, and in full work, 

 will saw from 3000 to 3480 trees per month ; and in the 

 second class from 2000 to 2800 per month And in view of 

 this, the Forest Department of the Ministry of Imperial 

 Domains requires the holders of the saw-rnills to state 

 beforehand how many frames they design to use, and a 

 license is given in accordance with his notice to fell, but 

 to fell only so much timber in advance as he can cut up in 

 a year or in a year and a half. And should he be found to 

 have felled more than his license allows, on proof of this 

 after due investigation, he shall be regarded as an inten- 

 tional depredator. Of trees in which the branches are 

 high, trunks twenty-two feet long, and six versbocks in 

 diameter, is the normal measurement. Of trees clothed 

 with branches to near the ground, the normal measure- 

 ment is a trunk fourteen feet long, and six and a-half 

 vershocks in diameter. Sixteen vershocks is equal to one 

 arshin, or twenty-eight inches. 



The millowner is free to use timber for repairs of the 

 mill, but not for building a new mill. 



In the list of changes made previous to 1863, appended 

 to the Code, it is stated that in 1860 an order was issued 

 that the wood should be disposed of to the owners of saw- 

 mills by auction, and that this arrangement, which was 

 experimental, should be carried out for a period of six 

 years, but this order was rescinded on 1st May 1861, and 

 was not agai-n renewed. 



In the list of changes made previous to 1868, it was 

 stated that in 1866 certain matters pertaining to the 

 Imperial Domains were, excepting in the Baltic Provinces, 

 transferred to the supervision of special administrations in 

 the several Governments, and amongst these was jurisdic^ 

 tion in regard to this statute. 



In the Code No. 773 prescribes permit tickets which 

 wood merchants must obtain. In the appendix are regu- 

 lations laid down in regard to permit tickets required for 

 the transport of wood by rivers, and in regard to the permit 

 tickets required for the transport of wood by land. 



