82 1 1 >ki:sTi<\ < >r JAPAN. 



for the conveyance of the trees felled, and all other expenses 

 needed for both management and works arc included. And 

 these expenses put together were yen 0.103 per cho in average 

 in 1898 while it increased to yen 0.394 in 1907 after ten years, 

 and the ratio of increase went up regularly during the seven 

 years from 1 898- 1 904, but thence it has rapidly gone up till 

 1907 on account of the establishment of saw mills etc., 

 owing mainly to the increase of the expense for works. Thus 

 compared with 1898, the expense increased by 1.3 times in 

 1904 and by 3.4 times in 1907. 



The following is the state of the accounts of the State 

 forests : 



irs. Entire Forest Gross Gross Net Income per 



Area. Income. Expenditure. Recipt. cho. 



cho yen yen yen yen 



1S9S 3,861,944 1,451,666 856,706 594,96o 0.071 



1901 8,214,503 2,176,522 1,019,257 1,157,265 0.141 



1904 7,820,597 2,884,769 1,142,871 1,741,89s 0.223 



1907 7,484,770 7,644,656 2,950,594 4,694,062 0.627 



As it is seen from the above table, the net receipt in these 

 ten years has increased on the average from yen 0.071 to yen 

 0.627 per cho against the whole area of the forests. In pro- 

 portion with the utilized area, the net receipt has increased 

 from yen 0.356 per cho for 1898 to yen 1.425 for 1907. 



Section II. The Yield of Imperial Forests. 



Those forests in possession of the Imperial Household are 

 in a better condition than the State forests for two reason. 

 One is that when they were started, these forests were grouped 



ther as much as possible for the sake of convenience in 



