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controlling them, and the other is that they were all com- 

 paratively better systematized forests and they are rich in those 

 kinds of trees which form the most important timber in Japan. 

 The table below shows the amount of the timber products of 

 these Imperial forests during those ten years from 1898 to 

 .1907: 



1S9S 1901 1904 1907 



siiakujime shakujime shakujime shakujime 



Timber 643,571 1,033,586 1,407,143 2,493,575 



Fuel 563,220 851,130 959,999 i,i20 ; 836 



Total 1,206,791 1,884,716 2,367,142 3,614,411 



cho cho cho cho 



Entire Forest Area 2,245,902 2,217,24s 1,563,130 2,239,882 



Yield per cho 0.54 0.85 1.51 1.61 



Namely, the average amount of the products against the 

 whole area of the forests was 0.54 shakujime per cho in 1898 

 while it went up to 1.61 shakujime in 1907, or it increased by 

 about 3 times in those ten years. The amount of the monetary 

 yield from these forests in the same decade is as follows: 



It can be seen from the above table that in the Imperial 

 forests as in the State forests the output of products as well as 

 the amount of monetary yield have gradually increased as the 



