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to 1900 by 45%, to 13,325,000 acres. The net revenue 

 during that period increased from $300,000 to 

 $1,750,000. 



The earlier history of State forest administration we 

 have given before. 



The central forestry bureau as it exists now was or- 

 ganized in 1883 as the Domain Bureau in the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and under it a forestry corps 

 (shogstaten) (reorganized in 1890) has charge of the 

 public forests and also of the forest control in the private 

 forests where such control exists. For the purposes of 

 this administration the country is divided into 9 dis- 

 tricts each under an inspector (or dfverjdgmastare) ; 

 the districts are divided into ranges (revir), now 88, 

 each under chief of range (or jdgmdstare) with assist- 

 ants and guards (fcrono/ag'are) ; the nomenclature of the 

 officers suggesting the hunt rather than the forest man- 

 agement. In addition 6 forest engineers are employed 

 on working plans, engineering works, and in giving ad- 

 vice and assistance to private owners who pay for such 

 service. 



When it is stated that the ranges in the northern prov- 

 inces average over 300,000 acres of public and 400,000 

 acres of private forest; in central Sweden 150,000 acres 

 of public and 145,000 acres of private forest, and ia the 

 southern provinces nearly 55,000 acres of State and com- 

 munal forest, it will be understood that the control can- 

 not be very strict. 



3. Forest Administration and Forestry Practice. 



The management of even the State forests can only be 

 very extensive. The State still sells mostly stumpage, 

 only rarely cuts on its own account. The lumbering is 



