258 FORESTRY IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



The cost of production was estimated at 30 per cent, of the total value 

 of the product, so that there appeared to be a profit of 11,788,200 florins. 

 The so-called side-gains, or collateral profits, derived from the forests, such 

 as bark of oak and pine, grass and litter, were estimated at nearly four mil- 

 lion florins. 



The following is a recent estimate of the annual yield of the Bohemian 

 forests : 



Florins. 



Timber io,ooo;0oo 



Fuel 6,000,000 



Slump-wood 600,000 



Bark and litter 600,000 



Total 17,200,000 



The collateral profits being estimated at 4,000,000 florins the gross yield 

 of forest culture appears to be 21,200,000 florins. 



The expenses of management and production being set down at 35 per 

 cent, of the gross yield, there is a clear annual profit of 13,780,600 florins, 

 or 9.14 florins to the hectare of forest land on the average, equal to §3.40, 

 or J 1. 36 per acre in American values. 



This average rather falls short of the reality, as the profits of small forests 

 are greater, and the expenses of their management insignificant; but it rep- 

 resents fairly the profits of the forests of large domains, inclusive of the 

 remnants of government forests, as will be apparent from the subjoined au- 

 thentic statement. 



The city of Pisek, holding and managing, as above stated, 5,763 hec- 

 tares of forest, furnishes at my request the following official exhibit of the 

 annual expenses and profits of its forest lands : 



Expenses : 



Florins. 



Salaries and wages of employes, pensions, and commissions 22,000 



Taxes 7,700 



Equivalents 1,500 



Wages of wood-cutters 9,000 



Forest culture I 600 



Building and repair of roads 2,000 



Repair of buildings l,Soo 



Sundry expenses 3,000 



Total 48,300 



Receipts : 



Florins. 



Wood and timber, main yield of 19,000 cubic meters 91,000 



Wood and timber, collateral produce of 2,000 cubic meters 8,000 



Other products 8,000 



Total 107,000 



Annual clear profit , ,,...,,, S8>7°° 



