494 MISC. PUBLICATION 218, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
The tax levies of the provinces for the year 1927 are given in table 
140 (277, 1929, p. 327). 
TaBLE 140.—Tazes levied by the Swedish provinces, 1927 
Tax Amount of levy 
d Kronor Dollars 
Tax omyincomie §2-_<t 278 223 Se eee ae 50, 455, 000 13, 522, 000 
Capitation; tax: (health'serviceifees) =e ns ee ee ee ee 1, 180, 000 316, 000 
Potal 22. 22st ssh. SSS a ee See 51, 635, 000 13, 838, 000 
The aggregate tax levy of the Swedish communes for 1925 is given 
in table 141 (277, 1929, pp. 326-327). 
TaBLE 141.—Tazes levied by Swedish communes, including the large cities and 
towns and all districts below provinces, 1925 
Tax Amount of levy 
Kronor Dollars 
Tax on income and re | estate 77 70, 100, 000 
Communal progressive taxs =< 33 f= Se ae es Bie ee ee , 6 4, 986, 000 
ROR, Geax nee aS ce ae ae ak I he a RO ete ot 817, 8, 794, 000 
Capitationitaxt = 322 S20 oo) Sete aa er ie ES ee gee Oe eee , 107 297, 000 
POPES EF EXCISE Taxi os Ae ee ee Le aie ne Se RN ; 873, 000 
Amusement tax2= 22222 So. ae See Bae Ee 2 eS Con ee 1, 392, 000 
Dogstax fe. ee a a Et eee Le ee oe Ce 551, 000 
Other 127 0, CoG ae ies gee epee Se A ES a ee Me ge fo 537, 000 
Total sous ee ee ee ee ee eee eee 326, 617, 000 87, 530, 000 
THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS 
According to the national forest survey of 1923-29, Sweden has a 
total productive forest area of 57,270,000 acres. ‘This is 56 percent 
of the total land area. The total stand of timber was estimated at 
that time at 1,417,000,000 cubic meters (50,000,000,000 cubic feet) of 
peeled wood, or 61 cubic meters per hectare (874 cubic feet per acre) 
of productive forest land. Of this total stand, 42 percent consists 
of spruce, 40 percent of pine, and 13 percent of birch. This volume 
is very well distributed among the various age classes (276). 
About 24 percent of the total productive forest area is in public 
ownership, while the remaining 76 percent is privately owned. The 
distribution of the Swedish forest area according to ownership classes 
in 1928, in percent of the total productive forest area, was as follows 
(277, 1930, pp. 107-108): 
Public forests: Percent 
National forests. 22:22. 2 eee ek UE ee ee 20. 0 
COG er ae Br AE I 2 ee eg 3. 8 
PU Gea ee eh i 5k rea 23. 8 
Forests in private ownership: 
Corporation forests... 2. 24-2 22lu 2 sete s et  e 27.1 
state forests 22— 2 2s eh es ee 3. 4 
Harm fOrests eee ee at foe th ee Baw ee oars es reer ee 45. 7 
Potslee i ae ce 2 Pee ee Su OE EN ees Ser 76. 2 
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