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have taken the matter into its own hands and when, under its auspices, some intelligent and 

 energetic persons shall have been sent to Germany to be taught forestry, including the practica^ 

 management of forests. As things are now such persons iind no sphere of activity in the 

 United States. The Japanese have already made greater progress than the people of the 

 United States, for they have made arrangements to teach forestry, and at present three 

 Japanese, very able men, are pursuing studies in forestry at this institution. 



Yours truly, 



DR. JUDEICH, 



Chief Director, 



I wish to extend my thanks to Dr. Judeich for his courteous response to 

 my request for information, also to Herr F. W. Mehvert, Forstrentmeister, of 

 Annaberg, for like courtesies, he haWng supplied the facts and figures which 

 I have been able to furnish relative to the expense and profit of forest culture 

 in this district. 



GEORGE B. GOODWIN, 



Consul. 



United States Consulate, 



Annaberg, Saxony, March 20, iSSji 



SILESIA. 



REPORT OF CONSUL DITHMAR, OF BRESLAU. 



FOREST AREA. 



The total area of Silesia is 4,029,141 hectares (i hectare = 2.471 acres), 

 of which 1,164,628 hectares are woodland. Of this woodland about 160,000 

 hectares consist of deciduous trees, the remainder of pines, firs, and the de- 

 ciduous coniferous larches (classified with the pines). The state forests 

 comprise 170,449 hectares; those belonging to cities, to\vns, and communi- 

 ities, and corporations, 145,970 hectares, all under the control of the state 

 authorities. Of the forests owned by Prince Albrecht, of Prussia, by the King 

 of Saxony, by various mediatized houses, and by the wealthier Silesian no- 

 bility, the larger ones are respectively 29,392, 28,897, 27,338, 24,941, 21,586, 

 19,981, 19,345, 17,588, 14,444, 12,836, 11,000, 10,000,9,546, 8,267, 8,115, 

 7,864, 7,278, 6,766, and 6,477 hectares in extent. Other private forests 

 cover from 50 to 6,000 acres. 



Beside lumber and cord wood, for both home consumption and export, 

 the Silesian forests supply large amounts of timber for the mines. About eighty 

 woodpulp and cellulose factories situated in the province also consume large 

 quantities of wood. In 1882 seventy-five of these factories produced 209 000 

 hundred weight of woodpulp. 



