180 FORESTRY IN LITHUANIA. 



Oak is the predominant plant ; 5 desatins were sold for 

 857 roubles. 



' 3. Plosko-Samarin, 152 desatins 857 fathoms. Of this 

 there are forest area, 94 desatins ; to forest guard, 10 

 desatins 800 fathoms; appurtenances, 44 desatins 400 

 fathoms; waste, 3 desatins 1,557 fathoms; sold 5 desa- 

 tins for 717 roubles. 



General Remarks on the Forests of the Governments of 

 Kherson and Ekatherinoslav. 



' In the governments of Ekatherinoslav and Kherson the 

 forests are barely 1 desatin to 100 desatins of the general 

 area, and this is according to the statistics of the Russian 

 empire ; although more than the actual proportion it is very 

 near it. In the survey of each government we have stated 

 why the cipher of forests is generally higher ; but if we 

 accept the figures given, and reckon a little larger amount 

 of forest area, then in that case the Kherson and 

 Ekatherinoslav governments present a rare exception in 

 Russia for their having few forests. 



c Notwithstanding the proximity of the sea and the great 

 rivers, as for instance the Dnieper, Dnester, Bug, and 

 others, water these governments at short distances, 

 droughts in these governments are very frequent, and 

 with these there are frequently bad crops. 



' The want of forests in these governments it is difficult to 

 meet by means of plantations. In the governments of 

 Ekatherinoslav, Kherson, and the northern parts of Taurida, 

 forest plantations have made more progress than in 

 other governments. The example given by government was 

 not lost, many private individuals having occupied them- 

 selves with planting trees in the suburbs of Odessa and 

 Nicolaiev. In the districts of Kherson, Bobrinetz, 

 Ananiev, and Alexandria, plantations have been made on 

 many tens of desatins, and there are already two estates 

 with several hundred desatins in the village Trikratach, 

 380 desatius, arid in Skalevatnack, 260 desatins ; and 



