176 THE FOREST LANDS OF NORTHERN RUSSIA. 







SECTION II. FORESTS. 



The forests in the central portion of Archangel may 

 be considered as bounded on the north by the Arctic 

 circle, but on the north-western extremity of the Govern- 

 ment they extend a considerable way beyond that circle, 

 and on the north-eastern part of the Government they 

 stretch, by a tapering projection, still further within the 

 circle. Beyond this curved boundary we meet only with 

 dwarf trees and brushwood, and fewer and fewer of these 

 till only moss is seen, and this at length covered exten- 

 sively with snow, till finally we reach the region of per- 

 petual snow enclosed within the embrace of a frozen 

 ocean. 



In the Government of Archangel there is an area of 

 30,312,002 deciatins of forests, of which 38,549,270 dec. 

 belong to the Crown, equivalent to 46 dec. of forests, or 

 43.2 dec. of Crown forests to every square verst. The 

 annual fellings in the Crown forests yield 1.2 cubic feet, 

 and the revenue is 0.2 kopecs per deciatin. 



In the Government of Olonetz the area of forests is 

 11,461,00 deciatins, of which 10,497,250 dec. belong to the 

 Crown, equivalent to 99.6 dec. of forest, or 91.2 dec. of 

 Crown forests per square verst. The annual fellings in 

 the Crown forests yield 1.2 cubic feet, and the revenue 0.2 

 kopecs per deciatin. 



In the Government of Vologda there are 33,470,000 

 deciatins of forests, of which 39,346,037 belong to the 

 Crown, equivalent to 95 dec. of forest, or 86.2 dec. of 

 Crown forests per square verst. The annual fellings in 

 the Crown forests yield 2.7 cubic feet, and the revenue is 

 1.1 kopec per deciatin. 



A description of one of the forests, superadded to the 

 descriptions which have been given of the forest lands of 

 these Governments, may suffice to convey a general idea 

 what may be seen in these. 



Of the forest estate of Vuig Mr Judrae gives the follow- 



