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allocation of Crown parks great regard should be had to 
the facilities for the transport or floating of timber which 
they might present. 
In a subsequent report in 1872 the subject of Svedjande 
was discussed in a statement which has been cited in the 
close of the preceding chapter; and the subject of the 
forest administration, or body of officials entrusted with 
the direction of the management of the forests, was brought 
-under consideration, with results which will afterwards be 
stated. 
A third subject upon which they reported was that 
of the tenure of land, with forest rights, and claims to 
forest produce, based on usage, if not on documentary 
title. 
In Finland, as elsewhere, difficulties arising out of, or 
otherwise connected with, the mode of land tenure with 
forest rights, obtained by prescription or by law, and by 
peculiar usages, were met with in the endeavours to im- 
prove the forest economy of the country in so far as this 
related to the forests belonging to the Government. 
From information communicated to meeby Dr A. G. 
Blomqvist, Director of the Forest Institute at Evois, I 
gather that the forests of Finland are in part private 
property, and in part the property of the Government—a 
part, but only a small part, belonging to communities. 
Of the private property, most are held in small farms by 
peasant or agricultural proprietors, and these are of two 
classes. The first, Skatle Kemmon: these have an absolute 
right to do with their forests as they please; the other, 
Krono Kemmon : these may fell for their own consumption 
and use, but not for sale. But they have the power to 
convert their tenure into freehold if they wish, and this 
most of them have done by an equivalent money payment. 
But this is in a great measure the result of arrangements 
which have been made within the last few years. 
In their report the Commissioners say :—‘ In conclusion 
there comes up a question which is, in the estimation of 
the Commissioners, no less important. It relates to per- 
