1o9 THE FOREST LANDS OF FINLAND. 
vation and of the observations they had made, with their 
comments on the same. On the corresponding day in the 
following year they made a similar report in regard to the 
Crown forests in the remaining part of Uleaborg and in 
Kuopio; and again, on the corresponding day in 1868, 
they made their report in regard to the Crown forests in 
Kemi, and on the 25th March 1869 they issued their final 
report, stating conclusions to which they had come, and 
submitting suggestions for the subsequent management of 
the work of the forest administration. 
In their report this Commission, after commending the 
forest economy of Bavaria as well deserving of study by 
any who would see what might be done, and commending 
the forest science of France as not less suggestive, and 
referring to Switzerland as a country practically protesting 
against a stricter conservation of forests—there forests, 
according to report, being treated with great recklessness 
notwithstanding that the severity of the climate in the 
mountain districts, and many other things, including 
devastating torrents, seemed to manifest a greater necessity 
for well preserved woods than is the case in many other 
lands,—proceeded to call attention to the interest which 
had been taken in the question of forest economy in the 
adjacent country of Sweden, as being well deserving the 
consideration of statesmen and foresters in Finland. 
The Commissioners traced the increased interest which 
was then being manifested in Sweden in the conservation 
and economical management of forests, whether held by 
the Crown or by private proprietors, to the consideration 
which had been given to the subject in the close of the 
last century and the commencement of the present, and to 
the forest regulations issued in 1805, which regulations 
were then still in force. They stated that nothing which 
had subsequently occurred previous to the Agricultural 
Fair of 1853 required special notice; but that then, 
through the progress of events, the subject was brought 
under discussion in connection with other questions raised 
