CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Austria-Hungary : 



Forestry in 1 



Government control, i — Areas under forests, public and private, I — Common 

 forests and privileges of the population, 2 — Organization and functions of 

 Government forest bureaus, 2 — Forest register (Waldkataster) — Revenue, 

 cost of maintaining, and profits, 4— Forest planting and culture, bounties, 

 and schools, S — Destruction and reclamation, g — Source of lumber supply, 

 trade in lumber and customs duties, 11 — General forest laws in force, I2. 



Forestry in Trieste 244 



Forestry in Bohemia 252 



Area, 252 — Nature of forests, 252^ — Ownership, 253 — Common forests, 253 — 

 Organization and functions of Government bureaus, 254 — ^Subsidiary organs 

 256 — Costs and profits, 257 — Method of planting, 260 — Schools, 261 — Destruc- 

 tion of forests, 263— Lumber supply and trade, 265 — Forest laws, 266 — Sellers 

 of seeds and shoots, 267. 

 France : 



Forestry in Marseilles district 16 



Forestry in Southwest France 23 



Organization and functions of Government forest bureaus, 23 — Revenue from 

 Government forests, 24 — Planting and cultivation, 24 — Forestry schools,. 

 24 — Destruction of forests, 27 — Reclamation of sand dunes, 27 — Source of 

 lumber supply, 28 — Customs duties, 28. 



Forestry in Cognac district 29 



Organization, 29 — Revenues, 30. 



Area of forests 31 



Principal trees, 31 — Sources of lumber Supply, 33 — Government figures, 34 — A. 

 Puton's letter, 35. 



Importations of lumber 36 



Plants and seeds, 36 — Resources, 37. 



Forestry in Nice district 268 



Forestry in Rouen 270 



Area, 270 — Mode of managing and maintaining forests, 272 — School, 275. 



Forestry in France 276 



Germany : 



Forestry in 37 



Areas under forests, 37 — Location of forests in Prussia, 38 — Privileges of the 

 people, 30 — Sphere of a chief forester, 40 — Duty of a forester, 41 — Reve- 

 nues from Prussian state forests, 42 — Cost of maintaining and managing for- 

 ests m Prussia, 43 — Forest planting and culture, 44 — Selection of wood spe- 

 cies, 44 — ^Working method, 44 — Forestal schools, 45 — Destruction of forests, ' 

 causes and results, 46 — Influence of forests upon electricity of air, and upon 

 hail storms, 47 — Measures of the Government, 47 — Results of such measures, 

 48 — Fixation of sea-dunes, 49 — Sandy tracts of the interior land, 49 — Fores- 

 tal legalization in Prussia, 49 — Merits and demerits of free forest culture, 

 50 — Preservation of existing forests, 51 — Sources of lumber supply, 51 — 

 Trade in lumber, 52 — Duties on wood, S3 — Addresses of dealers, 53^ — Copies 

 of forestal laws, 53 — German penal code, 54. 



Forestry in Annaberg (Ustrict 54 



Privileges and organization, 55 — Revenue, 55 — Destruction and reforesting, 

 56 — Forestry schools, 56 — Ages of trees, 56. 



Forestry in Silesia 58 



Area, 58 — Trees, 59 — Privileges, 59 — ^Administration, 59 — Revenues, 59 — De- 

 struction of forests, 60 — ^Seeds, 61 — Forest schools, 6l. 



Forestry in Chemnitz district 62 



Area, 62 — Destruction and planting, 63 — Instruction in forestry, 63 — Seeds, 

 64 — Revenues, 64. 



Forestryin Prussia 66 



Forest area, 66 — Government supervision over communal forests, 67 — Func- 

 tions of Government forest bureaus, 68 — Revenues, cost of managing and profits, 

 70 — Planting and culture, 71 — Bounties, 72 — Forest schools, 72 — Destruction 

 of forests, 73 — Reclamation of sand dunes, 74 — Source of lumber supply, trade, 

 import duties, &c., 74. 



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