78 PRIVATE FORESTS. 



Germany first, the distribution of forests amongst the three 

 classes of proprietors, is as follows : — 



Percentage 



of total 

 furest area. 



State and Crown forests . . . . = 32 

 Communal forests . . . . . = 19 

 Private forests — 



Under control . . . = 15 

 Free = 34 



= 49 



100 



State and communal forests together amount to 51 per cent. 

 of the total forest area, and these are all under State control. 

 Owing to this circumstance, supervision over private forests 

 is hardly justified. As a matter of fact, nearly one-third of 

 the private forests are under State control, bringing the area 

 of controlled forests up to 66 per cent, of the total forest area, 

 while 34 per cent, are free. 



Private forests are practically free from control in Prussia, 

 Saxony, Meklenburg, Oldenburg, Anhalt, Altenburg, Schaum- 

 burg-Lippe, Gotha, Eeuss, j. L. In the other German States, 

 private forests are more or less subject to control. 



In Austria, private forests are under control. 



In Hungary, private forests are under control. 



In France, private forests are under control (more or less). 



In Switzerland, private forests are under control. 



In Italy, private forests are partly under control. 



In Sweden, private forests are partly under control. 



In Denmark, private forests are partly under control. 



In India, private forests are practically free. 



Forests which belong partly to private persons and partly to 

 the State or communes are generally under State control. 



The above remarks do not, however, refer to protection 

 forests, which have been dealt with in a previous chapter. 



