Io6 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



cither been just started or is under contemplation so that there 

 is not much to be said. 



The Imperial forests covering an area of 2,246,670 cho 

 are under the control of the Department of the Imperial 

 Household, and the business connected therewith is left in 

 charge of the Bureau of Imperial Forests. There are 

 established some seven branch offices and several outsta- 

 tions. The latest figures show that the number of such sta- 

 tions has reached 50. Each station is divided into from 2 to 

 15 sections with Forest Rangers to oversee each section. In 

 the principal places, there are appointed forest inspectors for 

 the purpose of rendering the protection. Forests owned by 

 the people covering an area of 9,405,600 cho may be divided 

 into those owned by shrines, temples, public bodies, and pri- 

 vate individuals. Forests covering an area of 177,844 cho are 

 owned by temples or shrines ; by the decision of the parishoners 

 and under the sanction of local governor, the output and other 

 affairs are disposed of. Among these forests, there are some 



-ts preserved for their scenic beauty. 



Public forests covering an area of 2, 656,000 cho are jointly 

 owned by various villages. Among the forests owned by the 

 people, the forests of this class now mostly devastated, but 

 lately attention has come to be paid to the adjustment of the 



ts and plans relating to the building and utilization of 

 forests have come to be systematically adopted. 



Private forests covering an area of 5,880,1 [3 cho are owned 

 by private individuals, and with the exception of the intensive 



,ts working in a few localities, there lias prevailed a reck- 

 as in the case of public forests, so that local 



