EEPORTS OP OPERATIONS, 1865-1866. 223 



gamnnement, but circumstances which will afterwards be stated prevented 

 the issue of the of&cial report of operations at the usual time, and the 

 reports for 1865 and 1866 were issued conjointly. 



From these it appears that in these years nothing was done in gazonne- 

 ments in connection with sanctioned works, or reboisements facultatifs ; but 

 in connection with reboisement and gazonnement ohligatoires, 37 new p6ri- 

 mfetres, embracing a total area of 25,916 hectares, had been considered, and 

 31 p6rimfetres, in regard to which the prescribed formalities had been fulfilled, 

 had been decreed of public utility. Works had been carHed on during the 

 same period over an area of 6491 hectares 3 ares, embracing 120 p^rim^tres, 

 of which 41 were new ones. Of these 6491 hectares, almost all had been 

 situated at great elevations, and 1613 hectares 88 ares had been brought 

 under gazonnement. 



A tabulated statement of all the works executed in 1865 and 1866 is 

 given. And the report goes on to say : — 



" These works were executed at an expense of 924,122'64 francs, of 

 which 55,978'34 francs were subventions, and 16,806-87 francs indemnities 

 granted for, temporary deprivation of pasturage, and the balance — 

 851,407'43 francs — might be considered money advanced to communes and 

 public bodies which had given up to the Administration the execution of 

 the works, subject to reimbursement, according to one or other of the 

 modes of reimbursement specified by Arts. 8 and 9 of the law of 28th July 

 1860, and Art. 2 of the law of 8th June 1864. 



"Thes'e indemnities for temporary deprivation of pasturage, provided for 

 by Art. 6 of the law on gazonnement, were — in 1865, 4134-50 francs; and 

 12,672-75 francs in 1866." 



A tabulated statement, giving details of the expenses met by the State 

 in 1865 and 1866 in these works of reboisement and gazonnement follows, 

 and the report, summarising these, goes on to say : — 



" The reboisements oUigatoires in 1865 and 1866 extended over a total 

 area of 5,919 hectares, of which 1,276-9 hectares have been 7-eboisidhj pro- 

 prietors by aid of subventions, and 4,624-91 hectares by the State in their 

 stead ; gazonnement has been applied during the same time to 2, 1 95 -9 hectares ; 

 and 91,645 barrages have been constructed within the p^rimfetres, and, in 

 combination with these, numerous lateral hurdles ; the expense of the two 

 operations amounts to the sum total df 924,192-64 francs, which has been 

 created thus : — 



" Subventions, in kind and in money, allotted for works 

 of reboisement and gazonnement decreed to be of 

 public utility, - ^ Frames, 55,978-34 



"Advances made by the State for reboisement and 



gazonnement, „ 485,219-56 



" Advances by the State for works of maintenance, „ 169,641-27 



"Advances by the State for barrages and various 



works, „ 196,546-60 



" Indemnities allowed to communes for temporary de- 

 privation of pasturage, - „ 16,806-87 



Total, Francs, 924,192-64 



" Besides these works decreed to be of public utility, there were other 

 works sanctioned by the Administration, 



