FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



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The following table shows the receipts and expenditures, and net income 

 of the state forests from the year 1849 'o '^e years 1881-82. 



1849. 

 1S50. 

 1851. 

 1852. 

 1853. 

 1854. 

 1855- 

 1856. 

 1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 



i86a 

 1861, 

 1862 



m^. 

 1864. 



1865, 



Gross 

 receipts. 



Marks. 



15.423,219 

 17.224,395 

 17.556,804 

 I7,933,°46 

 17,880,051 

 18,468,858 

 19,674,861 

 22,552,365 

 23,843,652 

 23,185,986 

 21,978,531 

 21,782,256 

 24,788,166 

 28,056,939 

 29,567,004 

 29,812,542 

 32,109,414 



Expendi- 

 tures. 



Marks. 

 8.305,189 

 7.646,474 

 7.959.792 

 8,130,490 

 8,151.075 

 9.017.334 

 9.233.631 

 10,407,537 

 9.935.712 

 10,405,590 

 10,381,806 

 10,350,972 

 11,508,843 

 11,741,412 

 12,457.977 

 12,371,769 

 12,621,390 



Net 

 income. 



Marks. 

 7,118,030 

 9,477,921 

 9,597,012 

 9,802,556 

 9,728,976 

 9.451.524 

 10,441,230 

 12,144,828 

 I3.9°7,94° 

 12,780,396 

 11,596,725 

 11,431.284 

 13,279.323 

 16,315.527 

 17,109,027 



17,440,773' 

 19,488,024 



Years. 



1866 



1867 



186S 



1869 



1870 



1871 



.1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877-1878. 

 1878-1879. 

 1879-1880. 

 1880-1881, 

 1881-1882, 



Gross 

 receipts. 



Marks. 

 30,058,873 

 28,708,478 

 43,396,195 

 45,059,989 

 43.555,574 

 43,177,274 

 50,191,662 

 55,161,328 

 56,385,220 

 59,505,812 



61.547,707 

 53,687,106 

 51,161,468 

 49.506,748 

 53.799 .874 

 54.944,945 



Expendi- 

 tures. 



Marks. 

 13,106,42's 

 14,159,298 

 23,297,524 

 24,556,451 

 22,850,027 

 22,671,227 

 24,993,002 

 26,016,329 

 28,910,471 

 30,084,412 

 31.975,894 

 33.021.516 

 32,002,802 

 31.934.501 

 31,232,366 

 30,786,957 



Net 

 income. 



Marks. 



16,952,448 



14.549.180 



20,098,671 



20,503,538 



20,705.547 



20,506,047 



25,198,660 



29,144,999 



27,474,749 



29,421,400 



29,571.813 

 20,665,590 

 19,158,666 



17.572,247 

 22,567,508 

 24,157,988 



The quota of the different objects of income contributed to the gross re- 

 ceipts is as follows : 



FOREST PLANTING AND CULTURE. 



The planting is done partly with nursery and partly with artificially grown 

 seedlings, the former as a rule, in the case of foliage trees and the latter in 

 the case of needle trees. (There are no well-known sellers of seeds in this 

 consular district.) Both methods, however, are generally adopted in each 

 case. 



It is unnecessary to go into all the details of the different methods of 

 planting since they depend too largely upon the condition of the climate, 

 soil, and peculiar nature of the growth of the various kinds of trees. A close 



