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forests. The Regulations to control those who set fire in forests 

 or kindle fire in the dangerous neighbourhood of the forests were 

 published. For the reclaiming of the forests regarded to be 

 necessary from the standpoint of the protection of the land, 

 the Regulations for the reclaiming of forests were enacted. In 

 order to determine the method of felling and planting of trees, 

 it was found to be necessary to issue the Regulations concerning 

 the control of public forests and wild land, and since it was. 

 feared that the control of the forests would remain nominal if 

 these Regulations were not acted upon and the adjustment 

 of the public forests and gcnya which widely wasted, is 

 not made, the Regulations for the adjustment of public 

 forests and wild lands were also issued, and in order to avoid the 

 future disputes about boundary lines, the Regulations for the 

 survey of boundaries of forests owned by prefectures' were 

 published. Going a step further, in order to complete the 

 method of the control of forests owned by the public bodies, 

 temples and shrines, the Regulations for the works which are 

 of the lower degree compared with the Regulation for the 

 exploitation of the State forests were issued. Under these 

 Regulations efforts have been made to stimulate the adjust- 

 ment, protection and management of these forests. However, 

 it is to be greatly regretted that the progress of the work is. 

 extremely slow, partly owing to the defect in the organ of the 

 control of forests owned by the people, and partly owing to 

 the non-diffusion of forest education. 



The knowledge concerning forestry and the technical 

 ideas being still crude among the people, there is an ample 

 room for development and improvement of the forests owned 



