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(i) Managed by state authorities as state prop- 

 erty, 11,360,000 acres, which is 32.7 per cent. 



(2) Managed by the state authorities, but the 

 property of corporations, villages, towns, etc., a lit- 

 tle over 2,212,000 acres, which is 6.3 per cent. 



(3) Under strict government control, the plans 

 of management and the permissible cut having to 

 be approved by state authorities (corporation prop- 

 erty), 3,875,000 acres, which is ii.i per cent. 



(4) Under supervision of the state, not only as 

 common property but as special property, subject 

 to inspection and, in part, to control of state forest 

 authorities (nearly all private property and that 

 partly belonging to large estates), 4,767,000 acres, 

 which is 13.7 per cent. 



(5) Without any government control or super- 

 vision beyond that of common property, 11,490,- 

 000 acres, which is 33 per cent. These forests 

 may be divided, sold, cleared, and mismanaged, 

 except under the certain cases before mentioned. 

 Here belong all private forests of Saxony and 

 Prussia and part of the corporation forests of 

 Prussia and all those of Saxony. 



Where control of private forests exists it takes 

 various forms : — 



(i) Prohibition to clear permanently or at least 

 necessity to ask permission exists in Wurtemberg, 

 Baden, and partially in Bavaria. (Protection of 

 adjoiners !) 



(2) Enforced reforestation within a given time 



