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THE FORESTS OF FINLAND 



The work of enumerating the contents of the State 

 forests was commenced in 1904, and some progress has 

 been achieved in this direction, the object being to 

 draw up plans of working for periods of ten years, 

 under which a regular system of fellings and regenera- 

 tion of the areas cut over will be undertaken. These 

 enumerations of the standing crop in the various forests 

 brought out the pleasing fact that the number of trees 

 of timber size proved to be considerably greater than 

 had been anticipated, especially in the northern dis- 

 tricts. The work is still uncompleted, and the Forest 

 Department are as yet unable to definitely state the 

 numbers of trees of timber size ripe for felling. 



The following table based upon actual enumerations 

 of some forests has been drawn up for the ten Forest 

 Districts in the country which are in the charge of 

 Chief Forestry Inspectors : 



