/S >RESTRY OF JAPAN. 



which have a close connection with the forestry have thus a 

 very good prospect and it may be expected that they will 

 make a remarkable development. 



CHAPTER VI. 



FOREST YIELD. 



Section I. The Yield of Statk Forests. 



In reference to the income out of the forests, no exact 

 statistics are obtainable upon the forests owned by private 

 individuals so that we shall confine our statements herewith to 

 the State forests of 7,484,770 cho and the Imperial forests 

 covering an area of 2,235,882 cho. 



The yield from the forests differs according to the loca- 

 tion of the forests and the geographical shape of the land 

 upon which the forest stands, and the amount of timber 

 produced depends upon the species of the trees and the con- 

 dition of their growth. The monetary yield of forest must be 

 fixed by the situation of the forest, whether equipments are 

 made or not for the conveyance of products, specially by the 

 demand and supply of the products in the market. 



The annual yield of the State forests lias an increasing 

 tendency as the method of management in these forests 

 -advances, and in fact, it has increased by about 2\ times in 

 these ten years, the particulars of which can be seen in the 

 .following table : 



