154 FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



Konigsberg exported in 1886 116,348 festmeters, valued at 2,654,916 

 marks, and imported during the same period 211,651 festmeters, valued at 

 3>372,io7 marks. 



The supplies come mostly from Russia and Poland. The latter country 

 formerly furnished the greater portion, but the forests in that coimtry are 

 becoming so reduced that farther regions are sought for. Since the duty 

 came into operation the forests in East and West Prussia have been brought 

 into requisition, and the saw-mills in the interior recruit their wants from 

 these sources. 



According to what I have been able to learn in this district no business 

 of any importance is carried on in seeds and shoots by individuals. The 

 administration of the government forests sells the surplus seeds at cost price, 

 and large numbers of young trees from their nurseries at the lowest prices 

 possible in order to assist and encourage thereby forest culture. Private 

 corporations therefore cannot compete. 



In the central part of Germany seeds are said to be sold by individuals 

 and corporations in considerable quantities. 



In conformity with the tenor of the circular, I send to the Department of 

 State the two volumes of a work entitled "The Condition of the Forests, 

 &c., in Prussia." This work contains in technical and practical respects, by 

 its statistical tables, founded on official authority, a rich and valuable ma- 

 terial for forming an opinion of the excellent administration of the govern- 

 ment forests in Prussia. 



In addition, I beg to add a work on sowing and planting by Burkhard, 

 explaining and enlarging upon the many different methods of growing and 

 planting trees in use in this country which might be made use of in our 

 native country ; also a copy of the lectures of the forest academy of Ebers- 

 walde and the "Forest and Hunting Calendar" for 1887. 



ANDREW F. FAY, 



Consul. 



United States Consulate, 



Stettin, February 25, i88j. 



WURTEMBERG. 



REPORT OF CONSUL KIMBALL. 



According to latest statistics, the forests of Wurtemberg cover about 

 1,499.940 acres of ground, or 30^^ per cent, of the total area; 483,977 acres 

 oi" 323^ per cent, belong to the crown and government ; 472,425 acres or 31)^ 

 per cent, to communities ; 29,300 acres or 2 per cent, to societies, and 514,238 

 acres or 34^ per cent, to private owners; 58 per cent, of the government 

 forests consist of pine wood ; 31 per cent, of leaf-bearing wood and 9 per cent, 

 of leaf-bearing wood mixed with pine wood. The principal trees of the 

 Wiirtemberg forests are the pine, the fir and the beech. 



