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of large flocks of goats, which in many districts 

 were allowed to browse on the young trees and 

 shrubs. At length the Central Government at 

 Eome determined to endeavour to check the 

 widespread evils resulting from the destruction 

 of the woods, the first step being to adopt a 

 stringent law for their protection, which came 

 into force in June, 1877. Since then a great 

 * deal of planting has been carried out on pubHc 

 as well as on private lands, and in the reafforesta- 

 tion of denuded mountain and hill slopes con- 

 siderable progress has been made in several of 

 the provinces. 



Austria-Hungary. The total forest area of 

 this country is 42,256,000 acres ; 24,468,000 acres, 

 or 32 per cent of the total area, being in Austria, 

 and 17,788,000 acres, or over 23 per cent of the 

 whole area, belonging to Hungary. 



In Croatia and Slavonia there are approxi- 

 mately 3,800,000 acres under forest. In Austria 

 over 17,000,000 acres are under Pine trees of 

 various kinds. In Hungary 5,000,000 acres are 

 under Oak, over 9,000,000 acres under Beech, 

 and 4,000,000 under Pine. 



The forests are under the control of the 

 Department of Agriculture, and great attention 

 is paid to the eflS.cient training of forest officers. 

 In Austria alone there are no fewer than 137 



