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FORESTRY IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



the enactment of import duties on lumber in Germany in 1879, the export of 

 Bohemian lumber has fallen off; on the other hand, logs are rafted to Ger- 

 many to be worked up at the German saw-mills. A considerable amount of 

 lumber goes to Austria proper, and to the lumber markets of Southern Ger- 

 many, especially to Niirnberg and Mayence. Ties used to be made in Bohemia 

 in large quantities, but in consequence of cheap competition from other 

 sources and the very limited construction of new lines of railways their pro- 

 duction almost ceased. 



The lumber trade of Prague is shown by the subjoined table. These were 

 brought to Prague by the Moldau river, which, by means of its tributaries, 

 draws from all sources of supply in the south and west of Bohemia : 



Year. 



Logs, in cubic 

 meters. 



Lumber in 

 pieces. 



18S4. 

 1883. 

 1886. 



302,025 

 251,835 

 258,341 



1,261,494 



1,254,513 

 1,056,969 



Shipped from Prague, mainly to Germany : 



A certain amount is exported by railway, especially to Southern Germany. 

 The whole export from Bohemia, taking an approximative statement based on 

 the official figures for the whole empire, was in the year 1885 ^ follows: 



Metrical centners. 



Timber, hard 125,000 



Timber, soft 3,370,000 



Staves 250,000 



Ties .- 300,000 



Lumber, hard 30,000 



Lumber, soft 1,300,000 



A peculiarity of the Bohemian lumber trade is the Moldau toll levied in 

 Prague on all logs and lumber brought down the river, by which the state 

 collects about 60,000 florins a year for the improvement of the river. 



The whole annual produce of the Bohemian forests is 3,524,000 cubic 

 meters, or 3.53 cubic meters per hectare, of which aggregrate amount 57 per 

 cent, is fuel or cord-wood and 43 per cent, timber. 



FOREST LAWS. 



There are no provincial or local forest laws in Bohemia, the general forest 

 law of the empire being in force. 



