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such a small extent of the area as 2,799 cho, while Iiyama 

 Minor Forest Office under the Nagano Major Forest Office 

 has an area of 297,813 cho. The reason why there is such a 

 great difference in the area of the forests under the control of 

 the Minor Forest Office must partly be attributed to the fact 

 that in one case the forests occupy an important position in 

 respect to the utilization of the output owing to the good 

 communication facilities at large and on the other case there 

 exist primitive forests which known no axes on account of the 

 deflective means of communications. The number of Protect 

 Ranges under the control of a Minor Forest Office varies 

 according to the same office. The average number of 

 Protect Ranges in a Minor Forest Office is 5 or 6, but 

 in special cases as in that of Kobayashi Minor Forest Office 

 under the Kagoshima Major Forest Office there are found 21 

 Protect Ranges. 



The above mentioned organizations are established in 

 connection with the State forests placed under the direct 

 control of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, 

 while in reference to the other State forests, there are provided 

 by the special organs. 



The State forests in Hokkaido covering an area of 

 5,781,373 cho, and the State forests of 3,000,000 cho in Kara- 

 futo belong to the control of the Department of Home Affairs, 

 the chiefs of Hokkaido, and Karafuto being charged with the 

 management of these forests. The State forests in Formosa 

 covering an area of 2,903,960 cho are under the management 

 of the Governor-General of Formosa under the control of the 

 Minister of Home Affairs. The work in these forests has 



