occur. There are numer ses which do hann t 



butt : : .re, the damages from which are 



most frequent at the time when the weeds are withered in 

 wint t Forests, owing to the old customs of making 



- by bur: quentiy subjected to the dan 



d by fires. In forests c area, the 



fire drawn protecting the forests against fires which 



may be caught from the outside or that break out inside i 

 fire lines are generally established surrour. 

 the forests or inside by the utilization of the topographical 

 condition. The protective measures vary according to the 

 natu \e lands, forests, and local conditions. Of t 



we may mention such practices as the digging of canals, the 

 building of dams, the plaining off the earth, the mowing or 

 burning of weeds. The width of the roads thus opened are 

 not uniform, but generally it ranges from 1 2 to 60 feet If any 

 engineering work is done, the road is narrow, but if not it is 

 wide. In the latter case, for a fixed period, the ejection of 

 combustible substances will be require autumn. The fire 



line in 19x37 in the State for an area of 3,592 cfto. 



Forest owned by the people are compara: aller 



dimensions so that there are only few such provisions made 

 and their total area can not be ascertained. 



Section II. Transportation of 



The forest administration, previous to the Restoration 

 (1868), which was unduly inclined towards the preservation 

 of forests, combined with th gk policy of the different 



