CHAPTER IV 

 CORSICA 



Introduction (p. iii), Early History, Forest Problems, Situation, Area and 



Topography, Climate, The Forests. 

 Forest Conditions (p. 115), Forest Area, The Species. Corsican Pine, Maritime 



Pine, Beech, Holm Oak, Cork Oak, Fir, Chestnut, Other Species, Undergrowth. 

 Administrative Organization and Finances (p. 123), Organization, Present Force, 



Pay, Work and Duties, Administrative Notes, Supervision, Finances. 

 Working Plans and Cultural Methods (p. 128), Working Plans, Object of 



Management, System of Cutting — Shelterwood, Failures. Selection System 



Adopted, Advantages, Application, Coppice, Marking Corsican Pine. 

 Forest Regulation and Yield (p. 137), Rotation, Periods, Yield, Overcutting, 



Production, Yield Calculations. 

 Sales Methods and Contracts — Turpentine Leases (p. 140), Timber and Wood 



Sales, Sales Contract Conditions, Sales for Large Amounts, Example of 



a Long-term Sale, Special Rules, Ordinary Sales Data, After a Sale, 19 12 



Stumpage Prices, Turpentine Operations, Minor Industries. 

 Other Forest Activities (p. 153), Reforestation, Trespass, Fire Protection, 



Grazing, Quarters, Roads and Trails, Uses. 



INTRODUCTION 



Early History. — Between 160 and 260 B.C., the Roman, Lucius 

 Cornelius Scipio,^ first invaded what is now known as the Island 

 of Corsica. From his advent war followed war, almost without 

 cessation, until, in 1759, the island was ceded to France by the 

 Republic of Genoa. The treaty of Versailles, which conveyed 

 title, provided that Corsica's forests should be attached to the 

 royal domain, to the communes, and to certain specified public 

 institutions. 



Later on, in 1796, the English under Hood captured Corsica, 

 but the conquest was soon abandoned, and the rule of France 

 has been to all intents and purposes uninterrupted since the 

 cessation of the island to that power. Forest problems crop 

 out from time to time in the history of this period. As early 

 1 The History of Corsica, I. H. Caird, p. i. 



