80 pOhestrv of japan. 



that might be rightly felled in a year. This is owing to the 

 reason that in most of the State forests there are a large 

 number of inferior trees and they harm the growth of the 

 trees of a superior species and this irregular sylvan feature 

 makes it impossible to fully utilize the capacity of the land, 

 and that the growth of trees can not be effected as regularly as 

 is expected in consequence. Moreover, the Government's 

 policy is to make the output of timber products as small as 

 possible in amount until its adjustment works of the forests are 

 completed, and further more the means of traffic being still in an 

 undeveloped state, there is left a considerable area of forests 

 not utilized. 



In reference to the monetary yield, State forests are in 

 a most unfavourable condition on account of their bad location. 

 The following is the list of the income every third year during 

 the ten years from 1 898-1907. 



it will I from the above table, in 1S98 the 



income was yen 0.174 per cho while it increased to yen 1.021 in 

 1907, and it will further increase year after year with the 



