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long period (which may be taken as the future standard of the 

 exploitation) have been made on the basis of these results. 

 Thus a new epoch was opened in the works of the State forest 

 in Japan. 



The 2nd exploitation of the State forests was realized by 

 the publication of the Special Account Law of the Forest 

 Funds in 1899, whereby the abnormal condition of the State 

 forests was regulated, the sphere of utilization was determined 

 and the radical measures of adjustment were to be adopted to 

 give facilities to the work and to economize the management 

 of the State forests. The total funds to be put into the work 

 were figured at 23,022,053 yen. The works proposed, consist 

 of the investigation concerning the disposal of the State forests 

 not needing preservation, the actual survey of the State 

 forests which are necessary to be preserved, the preparation of 

 the working plans, the formation of new forests in barren 

 lands, the provisions of forest engineering and various items 

 concerning the Government purchase of the private forests and 

 in these ways, it is proposed to determine the work of the 

 State forests. 



After the conclusion of the investigation relating to the 

 question as to the preservation and disposal of the State 

 forests and genya (wild lands) in 1894, the authorities took 

 great pains and paid the keenest attention in the excution of 

 the work. But since the adjustment of forests and genya 

 involves a large amount of expense, the work proved abortive 

 owing to the financial difficulties. In 1898, however, the 

 Government proposed to meet the expenditures for these ad- 

 justments not by the general annual expenditures but by the 



