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afforestation may be highly remunerative. The Hartz Mountains 

 yield a revenue of 14/- per acre, while the Giant Mountains in 

 Silesia— a wild district — give a return of about £1 per acre. The 

 woods belonging to the town of Zurich, in Switzerland, yield a net 

 revenue of 30/- per acre, and goes to demonstrate what can be done 

 under favourable conditions. Taking together, both the good and 

 the bad, the State woods of Germany, extending over 10,000,000 

 acres of land, produce 11/- per acre of profit each year, and they 

 give employment to nearly 100,000 peoplf. Experiments are 

 being conducted by this gentleman in Derbyshire on 50 acres of 

 land, the elevation of which ranges from 950 to 1,250 feet above sea 

 level. The land is rough pasture, consisting of grass and extensive 

 patches of gorse, and is used for the grazing of Welsh mountain 

 sheep. ' 115,000 plants are required fqr the area, which it is 

 intended to raise in their own nursery. He states : — There are 

 many ways of bringing about improvements in British forestry, but 

 surely nothing is more certain to inspire confidence in modern 

 methods than actual tests with the trees themselves. We might 

 reasonably insist that hetter timber, and more of it per acre, could 

 be raised than is usual under existing treatment. Practical investi- 

 gation into forestry is urgently needed in all parts of the country, 

 aiid it is earnestly hoped that County Councils, other public bodies, 

 and Government itself will recognise the fact. 



The State Forests of Germany in 1905 yielded the following 



results : — 



Area of Forests* ^^"?-±"'" 

 per acre. 



Acres. Shillings, 



1— Prussia 7,130,912 100 



2— Bavaria 2,315,252 104 



3— Wurtemberg 483,437 25-3 



4— Saxony 443,312 212 



5 — Alsace-Lorraine 380,649 12'0 



6— Baden 234,455 199 



7— Brunswick 210,338 11-3 



8— Hesse Darmstadt , 178,801 103 



9— SaxeWeimar ,114,349., 177 



10— Saxe-Meiningen 109,878 ...21 '3 



il— Anhalt. : 71,563 ...166 



12— Waldeck-Pyrmont 67,330 6-2 



13— Oldenburg 64,474 ; 7'8 



14— Schwarzburg i. , 94,599 18-1 



The results finahcially, both at home and abroad, are, there- 

 fore, of a most satisfactory character) and go far to remove any 

 doubt existing under this head. In fact, generally" speaking, it is 

 estimated that on land for which £1 per acre was paid therf would 



^liiclttdittg eome bare grontid. 



