Il6 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



5. Matters concerning implements and machines used iiv 

 forestry. 



The investigation of implements and machines for the 

 transportation, afforestation, and the felling of trees. 



The investigations now going on arc those just referred to. 



The results of those experiments and investigations have 

 been compiled in the form reports of concerning forest ex- 

 periments and are published for public inspection. 



Forest experiments are conducted not only in the Forest 

 Experiment Station belonging to the Bureau of Forestry, but 

 also in specially nominated Major Forest office. These ex- 

 periments are now conducted at the following four Major 

 Forest Offices : Miyagi, Tokyo, Osaka, and Kumamoto. 

 Though at first every Major Forest Office undertook this task 

 yet subsequently the present system has been resorted to, it 

 having been found expedient to entrust any local matter 

 concerning forestry to a Major Forest Office within whose 

 jurisdiction it occurs. 



At a nominated Major Forest Office, only such experi- 

 ments as may be most conveniently conducted in the locality 

 in which it is situated are to be made. For instance, at the 

 Miyagi Major Forest Office which is located in a cold region. 

 methods for the afforestation of Buna [Fagus sylvatica L. var. 

 Sieboldi Maxim.) and its utilization are invested, while at the 

 Kumamoto Major Forest Office which is situated in a warm 

 region, experiments are made on Kusu-no-ki {Cinnamomiim 

 Camphora Nces.) and camphor, and at the Osaka Major Forest 

 Office, investigations in the study of bamboo forests are made. 



Thus, the Bureau of Forestry and the nominated Major 



