34 FORESTRY IN FRANCE. 



Into Honfleur, Pont Audemer, and Trouville in 1886. 



Seed dealers. — For seeds, Andre Leroy & Co., Angers; for shoots, Leo- 

 pold Lecouvreur, Pierre S6bire, Le Vavasseur & Fils, Ussy (Calvados). 



GOVERNMENT FIGURES ON JANUARY I, 1879. 



In the library of the city of Havre I found a volume, or atlas, prepared 

 by the Minister of Finance, and published in 1883, giving the statistics of 

 forests, with a view of their taxation as they existed on January i, 1879. 



Area of forests as per survey, 8,144,718 hectares, and as per new valuation, 8,397,131 

 hectares. 



Net taxable value, 188,910,406 francs. 



Net taxable revenue, 22.50 francs per hectare (against 20.18 francs per hectare in 1850). 



Taxes collected in 1879, 9>94S-2I9 francs, or 1.18 francs per hectare, ranging from 9 cen- 

 times per hectare in Corsica to 5.74 francs per hectare in Department de la Seine. 



Proportion of ground tax to net revenue tax averages 5.26 per cent. 



Net revenue, corresponding to i franc of taxes, average valuation 19 francs. 



Money value, 6,256,930,960 francs; highest, 225,000,000 francs, in Landes; lowest, 

 2,000,000 francs, in Seine. 



Average value per hectare, 745.13 francs; highest, 5,706 francs, in Seine; lowest, 144 

 francs, in Hautes Alpes. 



Salable value corresponds to I franc of taxes, average, 629.14 francs. 



It may be interesting in this connection to have the grand total of sur- 

 veyed land in France and its value on January i, 1879. 



United States Consulate, 



Havre, March 3, 1887. 



F. F. DUFAIS, 



Consul. 



