remuneration paid, which is less than unskilled labourers re- 

 ceive in Canada, is probably a secondary consideration. 



The Forest Service has complete control over the State 

 forests and either supervises or manages the other publicly 

 owned forests, such as those owned by various counties, vil- 

 lages, parishes and communities. Many of these, by the way, 

 derive considerable income from the proceeds of their forest 

 possessions. It has charge of the execution of the laws govern- 

 ing the management of all forests and of cutting and all other 

 regulations. Its officers pay visits of inspection to private 

 as well as public forests to see that the laws are being observed. 



An official estimate made in 1908 placed the value of the 

 State forests at that time at $62,000,000; of other public 

 forests at $21,000,000 and of private forests at $334,000,000, 

 or a total of $417,000,000. These values are said to have 

 advanced from 25% to 35% in the meanwhile. 



Taxes on private forests have risen considerably during 

 and since the war and now amount, in some instances, to as 

 much as 40% to 45% on the income derived from them. 

 There is, however, no important tax imposed on standing 

 timber, as it has been thought that such a tax besides being 

 an inducement to unnecessary cutting might deter private 

 capital from being employed in reforestation. 



The State Forest Service derives its revenues from the 

 sale of standing timber and in other ways. It shows an annual 

 surplus. It expends about 50 per cent, of its income on forest 

 improvements and upkeep. This is in marked contrast to 

 what the Canadian provinces are doing for their Crown 

 lands. Quebec, for example, which is more liberal in its 

 forest appropriations than most, has forty-five millions of 

 acres under license against Sweden's less than half that extent. 

 Quebec derives an annual income of about $4,500,000 from 

 its Crown lands and appropriates for their upkeep, adminis- 

 tration and improvement about $400,000. 



Education plays an important part in Swedish forestry. 

 The government spares no expense in educating and training 

 picked men for forest work in both its higher and its less 

 important branches. A college of forestry has been in exis- 

 tence here since 1828. It is now located on beautiful grounds 

 on the outskirts of Stockholm, in buildings especially erected 

 and well adapted to its purpose. It gives instruction in both 



