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will gradually realize on the bit of high forest and turn it into coppice- 

 under-standards.^^ 



Products. — The products are logs and firewood. The coppice yields 

 charcoal, fagots, fagot bundles, and bark; the high forests yield sawlogs 

 and additional fuel. 



The shooting rents for $1,737 per year and includes deer, wild boar, 

 hare, and pheasants. The fishing is worth $193 a year with an additional 

 $135 average from special sales of fish. 



The average revenue for the years 1897 to 1908 was: Wood, $24,358; 

 shooting, fishing, etc., $2,818, or a total of $27,175; but from this must be 

 deducted $9,540 for taxes, administration, and patrol, leaving a net 

 revenue of only $17,636. 



An average year (1906) showed the following detailed receipts and 

 expenses : 



RECEIPTS 



Sales of wood $25,057 . 19 



Hunting $1737.001 i 7«i. or 



Rents 28.95/ l,/65.95 



Withes 364.45] 



Pruning 53 . 90 574 . 84 



Wood over quarries 156 . 49 



Grass 64.06 



Stone 120 . 38 237 03 



Seed 52.59J 



Cutting penalti 



Other penalties 



Miscellaneous receipts . 



Trespass damages .... 



Total 



EXPENSES 



Taxes of all kinds 



Force salary $3094 . 27 ) 



Lodging 266.50 q no «q 



Bureau 52.15 ^,oiy.»y 



Doctor, etc 106.97) 



Cost of advertising sales 965 . 48 



Maintenance roads 1020.76] 



Houses 295 . 14 



Pruning reserves 145 . 21 1,536 . 39 



Park and Chateau 54 . 29 



Trimming along roads 20 . 99 J 



Insurance 14 . 80 



Trespass cost . 48 



Reforestation 12 . 16 1 



Construction of three stalls. . . 25.52 ono ns 



Special construction 9.65 | ^uy .ud 



Extra guard 161 .73 J 



Unforeseen expenses 109.70 



Total $10,135 . 33 



Revenue (net) 17,531.88 



Gross revenue $27 667 . 21 " 



"These totals did not balance with the gross receipts in the original tables. 



i^ITirsch believes in accurate valuation. He marks three rotation standards with 

 three red circles and with serial number at d. b. h., 2R standards with two red circles and 

 serial number, while IR standard (baliveau) with red circle but no number at all. This 

 work costs onlv $80 a year. 



