FORESTRY IN FRANCE. 



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The law of 1859 has given private owners the right of clearing, not, 

 however, without government supervision. It is stated that in the ten years 

 from, 1866 to 1876 212,984 hectares have been replanted and 112,274 hectares 

 have been cleared. The State only admits cattle in forests for pasturage in 

 cases of extreme drouth and dearth. 



Communes granted permission in 1876 for pasturage for 1,344,512 head 

 of cattle at a revenue of 3,380,077 francs, at an average of 5.58 francs per 

 head for cattle, 1.22 francs per head for sheep, and 4.84 francs per head for 

 swine. 



The curriculum fpr three years in the forest school at Nancy is — 



First year. — Sylviculture, natural history, applied mathematics, course of 

 law, German language, shooting, etc. ' 



Second year. — Management of forests, mineralogy, geology, sawing, 

 topography, artillery, fortification, etc. 



Third year. — Forest statistics, zoology, game laws, agriculture, special 

 course of solidifying (fixation) sand dunes, replanting and turfing moun- 

 tains, etc. 



SOURCES OF LUMBER SUPPLY. 



There are no bounties on importation. 



The principal import in this consular district comes from Sweden and 

 Norway, viz. : white and red pine, mostly deals, battens, boards, and hewn 

 timber; from Russia, oak, in boards and planks, white pine, and hewn oak 

 timber; from New Brunswick, Canada, Nova Scotia, very little, and this 

 principally in spruce deals and battens; from the United States, pitch pine; 

 from Austro-Hungary, through her Adriatic ports, large quantities of oak 

 come to Dunkerque, Dieppe, and Fecamp, which mostly find their way to 

 Paris; Germany, Italy, and Switzerland export to France over her land 

 frontier. 



There is no import duty on unprepared timber, boards, etc., except on 

 planed or grooved boards, deals, etc., distinct from simply sawed, which is 

 50 centimes per 100 kilograms. 



From countries which have no commercial treaties with France the import 

 duty is double. 



The custom-house tables give the timber imports in kilograms, and there- 

 fore afford little information. Into Havre they were in 



1883. 



1884. 



Oak unprepared or blocks 



Oak sawed 



Uak staves 



Walnut unprepared or blocks 



Other wood 



Sawed of all dimensions 



Kilograms, 

 600,000 

 2,147,000 

 4,768,242 

 549,000 

 13,346,000 

 74,633,000 



96,043,242 



Kilograms, 

 988,000 - 

 2^447,000 

 11,142,190 

 1,549,000 

 14,192,000 

 72,662,000 



102,980,190 



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