206 THE FOREST LANDS OF FINLAND. 
been somewhat reduced since the improvement of roads, 
and a more active speculation thus induced has given to 
wood a pecuniary value which it had not before; but on 
the other hand the more active speculation has also had an 
injurious effect in so far that many proprietors, induced by 
the high prices given, have sold their forests to the possessors 
of saw-mills, and these considered it profitable to clear 
them off, root and branch. 
SEcTION F.—SuMMARY. 
In the annual reports of the Forest Administration full 
and explicit information is given in regard to all that has 
been done under the direction of the Administration in 
the course of the year in the several inspection districts 
of the Grand Duchy. I had occasion to study that for 
1871. From this it appeared that there were at the close 
of that year :—* 
29,781,066°25 tunnland of forest land ; and 
16,396 19-60 days’ work of labour spent on them. 
The expenditure had been— 
27,181 mk. 57 p. for days’ wages. 
350,144 mk. 75 p. for deductions and diverse charges. 
In all, 377,326 mk. 32 p. 
The deélivery of forest products, &c., had been— 
182,879 pieces sawn timber. 
135,765 pieces sawn timber in beams. 
14,339 pieces house timber and planks. 
3,298 pieces damaged by wind-shake and decay. 
72 pieces dry wood, and 
* The following are the measurements in use in Finland, frequent uoted in noti 
of forest economy :—A Finnish tunnland measures 56,000 phat ite rh and is e ae 
0°45 Russian decatin, 0-49 French hectore, and 1°22 English acre. In a geographical 
square mile are 11°116 Finnish tunnland. A Finnish foot is equal to 0-2969 French 
metre, which is divided into 10 inches or decimaltinns. A Normal fathom or Normal 
klafter ig equal to 100 cubic feet of closely-packed wood, 
