.14 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



forests per capita is O.210 cho, in Shikoku it is 0.310 cho, 

 and in Honshu it is 0.436 cho, the latter figures being 

 double what they are in Kyushu. The rate per capita in 

 Formosa is 0.910 cho while in Hokkaido where the number 

 of the population is smaller, the proportion stands at 4.880 cho 

 per capita. In Karafuto that has the smallest number of 

 population and a large area of forests, the forest apportioned 

 per capita stands at 62.720 cho. On the whole, it will be 

 noted that in the district which is densely populated, the area 

 of forests owned by the people is comparatively larger than 

 that of the State forests, and it appears that where the 

 population is small, the proportion of the State forests seems 

 to be increased. In Honshu, the area of forests owned by the 

 people amounts to over 2 times that of the State forests, in 

 Shikoku the proportion is about 350%, while in Kyushu the 

 area of the State forests is larger than that of forests owned 

 by the people. In Hokkaido, the forests owned by the 

 people are 1/8 of those owned by the State while in Taiwan 

 and Karafuto, all the forests belong to the State. In districts 

 where there are a large number of forests owned by the 

 people, the State forests are found scattered about in the 

 remote and mountainous interiors. In regions to which com- 

 munication facilities for the conveyance of timber are available, 

 tlie forests are mostly owned by people. In these forests, with 

 a few exception, no strict system of working is in operation, 

 rks are in such a position as to be shifted by the 

 charges in the demand for the products in the market and this 

 has often led to such deplorable results as the devastation of 

 tiie forests. Under such circumstances, the forests found in a 



