FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 49 



Forest Offices of Osaka, Ishikawa, and Akita. The working 

 plans prepared by these Regulations have their objects for 

 the protection and the permanent utilizations of the S^ate 

 forests : 



1. To cause forests bear perfect sylvan features at all 

 times so as to produce a large amount of timber in future. 



2. To adopt the proper method of planting and felling of 

 trees and protect against damages from winds, fire, and 

 insects. 



3. To make provisions in consideration, of the decrease of 

 the output owing to the above named damages and other 

 causes. 



In consonance with the principles above indicated and on 

 the expectation that the evils of the reckless felling of trees 

 will lead to the scarcity of timber, it was considered a matter 

 of great importance to the State to recoup the stocks in forests 

 and enrich the supply 



In preparing the working plan, the Minor Forest Division 

 based upon the local administrative division was regarded as 

 a unit, and the plan of the working was to be compiled ac- 

 cordingly j the annual yield was estimated by both methods of 

 periods by area and periods by volume. 



The results of the progress of the actual investigation 

 brought us to be better acquainted with the conditions of 

 forests while the development of communication ; at large 

 affected the State forests from the economic point of view. 

 Under the circumstances, there arose a necessity for the 

 revision of the working plans of the State forests. In 1899, 

 the Regulations for the preparation of working plans of State 



