FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 8 1 



progress of the adjustment of the State forests and the develop- 

 ment of industry of the country. The above table shows that 

 compared with 1898, the amount of income increased by 1.5 

 times in 1901, by 2 times in 1904, and by 5.8 times in 1 907. Of 

 the utilized area, the amount of income has increased in these 

 ten years from yen 0.869 to yen 2.300 per cho on the average. 



The increase of the gross incomes not only depends upon 

 the increase of the output of timber but the appreciation of the 

 price of timber and the depreciation of transportation charges 

 as a results of the development of the means of transportation 

 in these years. These have a more important connection with 

 timber than with fuel. 



With the increase of income, the expense of the State 

 forests has naturally increased. In 1898 the total amount of 

 the expense was 856,706 yen while it increased in 1907 after 

 ten years by about 3 times or to 2,950,594 ^. 



This increase of the expense is, of course, caused mostly by 

 the appreciation of the price of materials used for forest works 

 and that of the wage of labourer employed owing to the rise of 

 the cost of living in general, but it is also a result of the 

 increase of expenditure connected with the expansion of the 

 forest works. 



A list of the expenses of the State forests for every third 

 year during the ten years from 1 898-1907 is given below : 



Years. 189S 1901 1904 1907 



yen yen yen yen 



Expenditures 856,706 1,019,257 1,142,871 2,950,594 



Expenditures per cho. ... 0.103 0.124 0.146 0.394 



In the above figures, salary, allowance, and travelling- 

 expense of officials, the expense for the planting of trees and 



