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In the measure in which the forests can bear greater cuttings, the 

 superfluous timber is sold, the proceeds of these sales falling to the 

 so-called building-funds, as has already earlier been stated. 



The division of the area of these lands will be seen from the fol- 

 lowing: 



Cultivated land ...................... 55 000 hectares 



Fertile forest land .................. 186 000 



Forest land poor in growth .......... 65 000 



Waste land .......................... 28000 



Water ...................... ........ 8000 



Total 342000 hectares 



The area of forest in these lands is thus considerable. In South 

 Finland it is spread fairly evenly over the country, the majority of 

 parishes possessing such land. This area will, however, soon be di- 

 minished, as the tenants of the ecclesiastical lands also have now the 

 right to redeem their small farms for their own property, and will in 

 such cases be given forest for home consumption. 



As mentioned earlier, the forests of the ecclesiastical lands are 

 under the Supervision of the Board of Forestry, which draws up the 

 working plans for them. 



An idea of the extent of the forest management involved by the 

 forests of the ecclesiastical lands is given by the following figures 

 which show the markings for sale and thus do not include the timber 

 intended for the use of the vicarages. 



,. , Smaller 



Timber- oubc 



Marked for sale: 



trees metres 



1917 ...................... 235944 15928 



1918 ...................... 163517 28 102 



1919 ...................... 274 170 42 074 



1920 261 256 18 338 



The Municipal Forest. 



The area of forests owned by the municipalities was 60 000 hec- 

 tares in 1915, of which the part used in an economical sense was, how- 

 ever, only 65 %. The rest was made up of parks, etc. - - Mostly, 

 the real estate owned by the towns has been a gift from the State. 

 Lately, land has also been purchased by them. 



The towns owning the most forest and the areas of these will be 

 seen from the following: 



