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FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



SAXONY. 



REPORT OF CONSUL MASON, OF DRESDEN. 



The kingdom of Saxony for a long period, as well as the people in their 

 private enterprise, have paid great attention to forestry, and the traveler's 

 eye is greeted often with its splendid forests and woods. Generally the land 

 not adapted to profitable farming is devoted to plantations of trees. 



AREAS OF FORESTS. (REPORT OF 1 883.) 



Species of wood. 



Private. 



Public. 



Total. 



i. Oak for barking 



ii. Willow plantations 



3. Stock ausschlag (trees topped for tbe purpose of sending forth new 



branches from the stock) without upper trees 



4. Stock ausschlag with upper trees 



5. O^her foliage trees : — 



a. Oak 



b. Birch 



c. Beech 



6. Fir 



7. Larch 



8. Pine 



Acres. 



3.360 

 r,486 



23,842 

 63.271 



4,775 



21,135 



14.540 



220,279 



2.333 

 244,543 



599,564 



Acres. 

 251 

 25 



178 

 1,217 



3,432 



795 



9,558 



94,375 



328 



3<»,i77 



410.336 



Acres. 

 3.611 

 1.5" 



24,020 

 64,488 



8,207 

 21,930 

 24,098 



314,654 



2,66t 



544.720 



COMMON FORESTS AND PRIVILEGES. 



Acres. 



Forests attached to villages, towns, etc 46,016 



Forests attached to charitable institutions, by bequest 20661 



Forests held by companies or partnership 4,651 



Forests owned by private individuals 528 197 



The population have no privileges in the forests, but are permitted to col- 

 lect and carry away dead branches, a permission which is given with a view to 

 obviating as much as possible the inclination to stealing wood. 

 Pasturing in the forests is not permitted. 



FOREST ADMINISTRATION. 



The administration of the public forests is divided into 1 1 forest districts 

 and no forest circuits, overlooked by an obeiforstmeister (head steward 

 of a forest). 



The Ministry of Finance, by whom all forest officials are appointed, exer- 

 cises the entire management and .superintendence of all matters pertaining to 

 government forests. 



The business of every forest district is managed by an oberforstmeister, who 

 is under the immediate orders and direction of the Ministry of Finance. All 

 other officials of the district are subordinate to him. He superintends the 

 execution of all orders of the bureaus, and the technical operations in 



