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the Exchequer revenue at present. The hopefulness of this 

 undertaking in future is most plainly shown in the experience 

 of the past 1 1 years. 



Section II. The Actual Investigation of 

 State Forests. 



The actual investigation of State forests comprises the 

 items, as to investigate the position, the topography, the area 

 and the condition of those State forests under the supervision of 

 the Department of Agriculture and Commerce and to adjust 

 and draw the line between those forests to be preserved in the 

 permanent possession of the State and those which might 

 be transferred with advantage to private ownership. The 

 standard of the determination may be given as follows : 



1 . The forest lands covering the area of 50 cho, or the 

 forest lands that scattered within 2 ri from a town or village, 

 and might be worked independently for a series of years. 



2. Forest covering an area not exceeding 50 cho which 

 may be placed under the Government control together with 

 the other forests covering several thousands of cho either in 

 same or the neighbouring county. 



3. Forest covering the area less than 10 cho and which 

 produces a small amount of forest products but which in con- 

 sideration of the forest undertakings, is necessary for the purpose 

 of the conveyance of timber, the preservation of timber, and the 

 building of official residences, may be regarded as adaptable 

 from the economic standpoint of view, to the Government, 

 undertakings connected with the forest exploitation. 



