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

 under-standards.i* 



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 9i o^y""^T)7BSb. 



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

 expenses: 



KECEIPTS 

 Sales of wood $25,057.19 



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Withes 364.451 



Pruning 53.90 574.84 



Wood over quarries 156 . 49 J 



Grass 64.06 



Stone 120.38 237.03 



Seed 52.59J 



Cutting penalties 22 . 58 



Other penalties 89 . 17 



Miscellaneous receipts 6 . 72 



Trespass damages 060 



Total $27,754.08 



EXPENSES 



Taxes of all kinds $ 3,779.53 



Force salary $3094.27 



Lodging ^5^?9 3,519.89 



Bureau 52 . 15 ' 



Doctor, etc 106. 97J 



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 



TSimming along roads 20 . 99 1 



Insurance 14 . 80 



Trespass cost . 48 



Reforestation 12 . 16 1 



Construction of three stalls. . . 25 . 52 1 209 06 



Special construction 9.65 f 



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. 



" Hirsch 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 cu-cles and 

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

 work costs onlv $80 a vear. 



