66 FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



Statement. 



Total receipts 11.10,985,670 



Total expenditures — salaries M. 877,595 



Other expenses 2,733.84° 



Bureau of Forest Management 106,600 



Surplus M. 7,267,635 



The following works on forestry are recommended by the oberburgo- 

 meister of Chemnitz: Judeich—" Forest Management "—Dresden, 1885; 

 Quenzel— "Science of Forestry"— for Saxon officers; "Compendium of 

 Forest Management," Dr. Prof. Albert; "The Forest Guard," published by 

 P. Parey, Berlin; "The Forest Guard and Nurse," by Dr. Grabe, Gotha; 

 "Sowing and Planting According to Forestry Practice " ; "Handbook of 

 the Value of Forests," P. Parey, Berlin; "Utility of Forests," P. Parey, 

 Berlin; "Forest and Chase Dictionary," P. Parey, Berlin. 



GEO. H. MURPHY; 



Vice-Consul. 



United States Consulate, 



Chemnitz, February 5, i88j. 



KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA. 



REPORT OF CONSUL WAMER, OF COLOGNE.* 

 FOREST AREA IN THE PRUSSIAN MONARCHY. 



The total area of the Prussian monarchy amounts to 35,479,536 hectares, f 

 Of this amount 8,124,521 hectares are forests, J being an equivalent of 23.33 

 per cent, of the total area. It may be stated that this estimate includes all 

 land devoted to the culture of wood. 



The apportionment of the forests is as follows : 



a. 29.4 per cent., equivalent to 2,374,039 hectares, belong to the state. 



b. 1 1.9 per cent., equivalent to 983,727 hectares, belong to the communes. 



c. 1.5 per cent., equivalent to 122,759 hectares, belong to institutions. 



d. 2.1 per cent., equivalent to 170,063 hectares, belong to corporations. 



e. 55.1 per cent., equivalent to 4,473,933 hectares, belong to private 

 individuals. 



* Considering the vast amount of technical knowledge required to fully comprehend the whole system of 

 forest culture in Prussia, I have found it extremely difficult in preparing a report on the subject, and I am 

 greatly mdebted to Oberforstmcister (head forest master) von Wurmb, chief of the forest department of the 

 gov^nment district of Cologne, for such information. 



fOne hectare is equivalent to 2.471 acres. 



I The total area of forest in the Empire of Germany is 13,900,611 hectares, or 25 per cent, of the tot.-il 

 land area. 



