62 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



Urushi-no-ki (A'/ius vernicifera Dt.) S ,000,000 



Haze-no-k i ( Rhus succedanea L.) S,ooo,ooo 



Ho-no-ki {Magnolia hypoleuca S. et Z.) 13,200,000 



Kuri (Castanta vulgaris Lam . var. jafotnca Dc.) 10,000,000 



Kashi (Quercus species) 90,000,000 



To mention some of the results obtained in 1907, there 



were planted 2,110,842 of Kusu-no-ki [Cinnamomum CampJiora 



Nees.), 491,460 of Keyaki {Zelkowa acuminata PL) and 6,000,- 



000 of Urushi-no-ki (Rhus vernicifera Dc), while the seeds of 



these speeies sown amounted to 9.920 koku. 



CHAPTER V. 



THE FOREST WORKING. 



Section L The Present Condition of the 

 Fori; st Working. 



The working methods of forests is not uniform but differs 

 according to the ownership of the forests. The forests belong- 

 ing to the State, and the Imperial Household are of extensive 

 dimensions and some of them are in deep mountains and dark 

 valleys where the sound of an axe has never been heard, and in 



places there are comparatively a large numer of forests 

 which have not utilized. The general principle of the working 

 is to put these forests in normal state, unci to make a long use 

 of the forests and in consequence the proceeds of the forests in 

 many cases may be 1 itively small in proportion to their 



For the private forests* the aim being to secure much 



