84 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



method of management progressed, and they are still in, 

 progress from the economical point of view. Thus, these 

 Imperial forests being comparatively well administered, have 

 brought about a good income so far, namely it was on an 

 average yen 0.492 per cho in 1898 and increased to yen 0.959 in 

 1907, showing an increase of yen 0.467 in those ten years. 



The amount of the expense of the Imperial forests has 

 increased too as can be seen in the following table : 



1898 1 901 1904 1907 



yen yen yen yen 



Expenditures 4iS,8o2 545,286 715,776 832,789 



Expenses per cho 0.186 0.246 0.458 0.372 



Thus the expense of the Imperial forests increased in; 



almost the same ratio as in the case of the State forests, namely 



it increased in the decade on an average from yen o. 1 86 to yen 



0.372 per cho showing an increase of about two times. The 



figures given below explain the state of the accounts of the 



Imperial forests : 



Year. Entire Forest Gross Gross Net Receipt 



Area. Income. Expenditure. Recipt. \>er cho 



cho yen yen yen yen 



1S9S 2,245,902 1,105,404 418,802 686,602 0.305 



1901 2,217,248 1,114,224 545,286 568,938 O.257 



1904 I>563,I30 1,083,492 715,776 367,716 O.235 



I97 2,239,882 2,149,597 832,789 1,316,868 0.5S8 



The net receipts against the whole area of the forests was 

 on an average yen 0.305 per cho in 1898 and it increased to 

 yen 0.588 in 1907, that is the net receipts from the Imperial 

 forests showed an increase of yen 0.283 per cho on an average 

 in this decade. 



