208 LEGISLATION ON TORRENTS. 



In regard to plants, of 55,740,000, 49,334,000 have been reared in 

 nurseries belonging te the State ; and the others, 6,408,000 have been 

 obtained from nurseries belonging to private parties. 



The expenses of all kinds incurred in maintaining the State nurseries 

 has amounted, in 1864, to 175,892 francs; and the value of the plants 

 supplied from them in the course of the year, estimated at 6 francs per 

 1000, which is much below the average market price, amounts to about 

 300,000 francs. It is of some importance to add that, in regard to adapta- 

 tion to their destination, the quality of the plants supplied from the State 

 nurseries is in general much superior to that of the others ; and, in the 

 report it is added, there is reason to hope that the Administration will soon 

 be in a position to dispense entirely with having recourse to purchase for 

 the supply of plants. 



The principal nurseries of the Administration collectively cover an area 

 of 257 hectares 34 ares, and can supply 93 millions of plants per annum. 



F. Go-operation of Departments. 



The amount of subventions voted by the departments in 1864 is nearly 

 the same as in 1863, being 81,104 francs, as against 78,000. 



The following is a general reswme of what was effected in these first four 

 years of the enterprise : — 



In these years there were replanted with woods 41,083 hectares 26 ares. 

 Of these there were rehoisements facultatifs, or sanctioned 

 reboisements, on property belonging to private proprietors, 6056h 13a 



to communes, - 21665h 84a 



to the domaine, 6853h 56a 



34575H 53a 

 RehoisemenU oUigatoires, or enjoined reloisemenU, 6507h 73a 



41083h 26a 



The accomplishment of the work cost the State, in 1861, 638,013 fr. 64 ct. ; 

 in 1862, 1,125,188 fr. 21 ct. ; in 1863, 1,316,652 fr. 15 ct; in 1864, 

 1,401,822 fr. 48 ct.,— total 4,481,676 fr. 48 ct., being, on an average, 102 

 francs per hectare. 



Thus far all seems to have gone on satisfactorily. Every thing had been 

 done to carry public opinion, and the sympathies of those who were more 

 immediately affected by the operations, with the enterprise. But it becomes 

 necessary at this point to advert to the results of this commendable 

 endeavour, and the supplementary legislation which this necessitated. 



From the first the work had been prosecuted with vigour, and it had 

 the support of many of the more intelligent inhabitants of the district ; 

 but after a time, as may be seen from these reports, a reaction began to mani- 

 fest itself, and this became at length developed into strong opposition on the 

 part of many. 



" As may always be expected," says C6zanne, " difficulties which had not 

 been taken into account began to make themselves apparent when the work 

 was commenced. The word rehoisement frightened the pastoral communities ; 

 there was promised to them herbage growing under the trees in about 



