FORESTRY IN ITALY. I9I 



which the ccimmon lands of Castelaraare, Gragnano, S. Agnello, and other 

 places were submerged and buried, because everywhere the woods had been 

 reduced and farms and vineyards have taken their place. 



Nothing is known in this province as to reclamation of sand dunes by 

 planting trees. On the other hand, it is known that very many proprietors 

 have asked and obtained from the minister of agriculture gratuitous supplies of 

 young woodland plants raised in the nurseries and plantations of the inalien- 

 able government woods, and have transplanted them with very encouraging 

 success into various mountainous localities belonging to them in the province. 



TIMBER SUPPLY. 



The timber required for the construction of naval and other large public 

 works and that required for cabinet work is imported from abroad, owing to 

 the lack of timber trees in this province. Wood for building and for various 

 domestic and industrial purposes, as well for burning, is provided partly from 

 the neighboring provinces, where there are still preserved some very fine woods 

 of large timber, and partly by the woods in the district. 



Timber for naval and other large public works not produced in Italy, is 

 brought here from Russia, Sweden, Trieste, and the west coast of the Adriatic. 

 I have also been informed that most of the lumber used for the boxes in which 

 lemons and oranges are shipped from Sorrento and other places in this vicinity, 

 is brought here from the state of Maine. 



No bounty is paid on these importations; nor is there any duty paid on 

 them, but there is a municipal tax paid on all timber and lumber remaining 

 in the city of Naples of 50 centimes (half a lire) on every quintal. 



The exportations from this province are staves for tubs and small boards 

 for the construction of small articles. 



The most accredited merchants of forest seeds and young plants in this 

 district are the following : 



Giordano, Alessandro & Rafaele, Via Torretta a Posilipo, Naples ; Fuma- 

 galli Brothers, opposite the Botanical Gardens, Naples; Giacomo Sepe, Strada 

 ponte di Chiaia, Naples; Frederick Sepe, Strada monte di Dio Palazzo 

 Trentola, Naples. 



EDWARD CAMPHAUSEN, 



Consul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Naples, May p, i88j. 



The following is the statute containing the general rules laid down by the 

 committee of woods and forests of Naples, according to the provisions of 

 article 4 of the forest law of June 20, 1877, No. 3917, and of article 27 of 

 the law relating thereto of February 10, 1878, No. 4293: 



title I. 



RULES FOR MAINTAINING THE STRENGTH OF THE SOIL AND THE REPRODUCTION OF TREES. 



Article i . Inasmuch as it is forbidden to destroy or break up the woods in land subject 

 to the forest law, should the proprietor, with the sole view of improving the condition of exist- 

 ing woods, or of clianging the kind of forest trees therein, desire to extirpate old trees or 



