BEPOBT FOB 1867-1868. 231 



departments, of the Administratioii and surveiDanee, and of forest roads 

 constructed or improred under the la-ws of 28th July 1860, and of 13th 

 May 1863, from 1861 to 1866 inclusive. 



la this there are given tabulated statements of 619,708 mfetres of new 

 forest Toada executed, and of 817,547 metr^ improved, the former at an 

 expense of 2,209,753 francs, the latter 1,943,966; it shows a similar 

 tabulated statement of 105,781 metres of new roads, and 1C:.760 metres 

 of improvements, commenced in 1866 to be completed in 1867, upon which 

 in 1866 there had been expended respectivelj 512,809 francs, and 186,932 

 francs, and a tabulated report of diverse woits executed on other than forest 

 roads, but also required for the getting out of the product of fe llin gs in the 

 forests, upon which had been expended 181,432 fiunes. 



In August 18GG there was issued by the Direct'jr-General of the Admin- 

 istration of Forests, a circular, containing instructions and directions in 

 r^ard to all matters pertaining to the woit, arranged under the heads of 

 (1) General disposal of busings projects, specifications, esticcfces, works, 

 and expenses ; (2) works of restoration of forests after fellirg, fixation of 

 dunes, rdxdsement and gazonTvement of mountains and $eeherie$, for the 

 preparation of seeds ; (3) roads, bridges, and sostaining walls ; (4) house- 

 wells, and cisterns ; (5) saw-mills; (6) ditches, endosing-walls, and fences; 

 (7) works executed for special payments; (8) Trcrts executed by forest 

 warders; (9) works executed by brigadiers, and watchment of deposits; 

 (10) works executed by concessionaries enjoying a temporary concession of 

 advantages; (11) works executed by parties holduig concessions of lands ; 

 (12) works executed by holders of concessions of lesser products; (13) works 

 executed by insolvent deHnc[uents; (14) works executed in repair of disinteg- 

 ration consequent on the felling or bringing ont of timber, ifec. ; cjid 

 forms of returns, accounts, and statements to be rendered to the 

 Administration. 



Though many of the instructions might prove sngg^tive to those who 

 may encounter practical difficulties in carrying ont similar operations, a 

 translation of the whole does not ajjpear to me to be necefcsaiy in a pre- 

 liminary report on the subject. 



The report of works executed in 18C7 and 1868 is similar in character ; 

 but enoi^h has been cited to supply data required for the f >rmation of some 

 idea of the nature, the extent, and the expense of the operation carried on. 



This report, however, enters more fnUy into details of what has been 

 done in different locaUties, and the beneficial efiects which have followed. 

 But these can be reported mere satis&ctoriUy in a separate chapter. 



" The total amoimt of the expenditure, in relation to the laws of 28th 

 July 1860, and of 5th June 1864, to the end of 1868," says M. Fare, 

 Councillor of State and Director-General of the Administration of 

 Forests, in this report, issued under the date of 30th Jlay lf:7<j. '■' is 

 10 187.240 francs 34 centimes. According to the provision of these two 

 laws the expense might have risen to 10,500,000 francs in the time. There 

 is then a balance remaining of 312,759 francs 66 centimes, w?jic1i should be 

 famished by the produce of extraordinary fellings made, or to be made, 

 within the limits specified by these special laws. 



" To j)ut before your excellency (the ilinister of Finance) a complete 

 r^urOe of the operations, fro© the commencement of the epoch when the 



