$2 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



transferred to the ownership of public bodies or private 

 individuals. The work consists of the demarkation of the 

 boundaries, which is to be concluded in 10 years subsequent to 

 1908. The estimated area of the forests according to the 

 above named distinctions stands as follows : 



1. State forests 2,280,000 cho. 



2. Public forests 450,000 ,, 



3. Private forests 300,000 ,, 



4. The land for colonization purposes 670,000 ,, 



5. Objects yet undecided 510,000 ,, 



After the determination of the distinction of these forest 

 lands, the work as stated below will be started in connection 

 with the forests to be preserved as the State forests while 

 other forests will be transfered to the private as well as to the 

 public ownership. 



[b) The Triangular Survey : The triangular survey has 

 already been started by the Military Head-quarters but since 

 its progress does not necessarily accompany the object of 

 the adjustment of the forests, it is to be repeated to lay the 

 foundation for the forest survey. The work is to be started 

 beginning with the year 191 3, and to be completed in 13 

 years. 



(c) The Compilation of the Working plans and the Prepar- 

 ing of the Forest Register : In the district determined as the 

 State, and the public forests after the investigation of these 



t lands, the working plans regarding the utilization and 

 regeneration of forests are to be drafted, by which the planting 

 and felling of trees will be regulated with a view to the adjust- 

 ment and revisions of sylvan features, and also the forest register 

 is to be prepared in order to determine the location, area of 



