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and in addition some 200,000 acres, waste or 

 poorly wooded, were purchased at an expense of 

 i^3, 500,000, round numbers. During the same 

 decade the reforestation of 80,000 acres of waste 

 lands was effected, while nearly 75,000 acres in 

 the state's possession remained to be reforested. 



The annual budget for these reforestations of 

 waste lands has been $500,000 for several years. 



The area of barrens and poor soils in Prussia, 

 fit for forest purposes only, is estimated at over 

 6,000,000 acres, which it is the policy of the State 

 gradually to acquire and reform. 



The present distribution as regards property 

 classes of the round 35,000,000 acres of forest in 

 the whole empire is about as follows, varying, to 

 be sure, very considerably in the single states of 

 the confederation : — 



State and Crown forests (of whioh the Crown owns less than 



2 per cent) 32.7 



Imperial forests i 



Communal forests (5,000,000 acres) 15.2 



Association forests 2.5 



Institute forests 1.3 



Private forests 48.3 



Half of the forest area consists of small holdings, 

 below 2500 acres, while 15 per cent is in over 

 12,000 acre domains. In Prussia, the private 

 forest property comprises 53 per cent, with many 

 large domains, while the state and Crown forests 

 represent 31 per cent, the communal forests 12.5 

 per cent, the balance being institute forests. 



