FINANCIAL RESULTS OF GERMAN FORESTS. 



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to show how an intensively managed small forest property under favorable conditions of market 

 compares with the more extensively managed larger forest, areas: 



Forestry statistics of certain German forest administrations, shoiving average cost of administration, gross and net income 



per acre, 1890. 



States. 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Wurttemberg 



Saxony 



Baden 



City of Zurich 



Forest 

 area. 



Acres. 



6, 000, 000 



2, 300, 000 



470, 000 



416 000 



235, 000 



2,760 



Total ex- 

 penditure. 



$8,000,000 



3, 150, 000 



1, 025, 000 



1, 040, 000 



404, 000 



14, 000 



Revenue. 



Gross. 



$14, 000, 000 

 5, 880, 000 

 2, 260, 000 

 2, 750, 000 

 1, 090, 000 

 26, 000 



Net. 



$6, 000, 000 



2, 730, 000 



1, 2.45, 000 



1, 710, 500 



686, 000 



12, 000 



Expenditures and revenues per acre of forest. 



Expenditures. 



o 



$1.33 

 1.37 

 2.17 

 2.50 

 1.54 

 5.00 



03 



CQ 

 O 



u 



tu 



© 

 u 



58 

 53 

 45 

 37 

 40 

 54 



d * 



o S 



•■H O 



S hi 



a 



< 



$0.48 

 .64 

 .87 

 .65 

 • 32 

 1.14 



ft 



s 



o 



a 



« 



as 



$0.30 

 .37 

 .92 

 .81 

 .83 

 2.10 



9 



o 



3 



o 



$0.14 

 .11 



!n 



.15 

 .16 



05 



nS 

 q 



$0.06 



!33 



.21 



.12 



1.14 



12 



$0.96 

 1.19 

 2.63 

 4.11 

 2.90 

 4.40 



The latest figures (1897) show a considerable increase in all directions, expenditures, gross, 

 and net income, over those prevailing ten years ago, and, as we will see further on in the discussion 

 of the conditions in the single States, these increases have been steady for a long period. 



The following figures represent the income and expense for State forests of the entire Empire 

 and for the principal States as at present: 



Financial results, 1897. 

 [Million dollars.] 



State forests. 



Germany a 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Wurttemberg 



Saxony 



Baden 



Alsace-Lorraine 



Hei»se 



Mecklenburg-Schwerm 



Gross 

 income 



39, 361 



17, 445 



8.100 



3,019 



2,865 



1,522 

 840 

 609 



Total 



expenses. 



18, 833 



9,079 



3,881 



1,224 



1,032 



618 



752 



405 



356 



Net 

 revenue. 



20, 528 



8, 366 



4,219 



1, 795 



1, 833 



719 



770 



435 



253 



a This item is a trifle below the truth, as the small principalities are here assumed to have no larger income than the average of the 

 larger States. 



From this statement it appears that Germany has a yearly gross income of nearly $40,000,000 

 from its State forests, i. e., from one-third of its total forest area alone, while the value of its forest 

 products from the entire forest area (35,000,000 acres) may be estimated to sum up the handsome 

 total of over $107,000,000, or round $3 gross income for every acre under forest cover. 



The following table illustrates the results of forest management in the several States. For 

 comparison the figures represent the yearly income and outlay per acre of total forest area, so that 

 for instance the gross income of $3,47 per acre for Germany means that the German State forests 

 yield each year about that sum for every acre of State forest, or $39,300,000 on the whole. 



Yearly income and expenses per acre of forested area. 



Germany a 

 Prussia". .- 

 Ba\ana .. 



Wurttemberg... 



Saxon t \ 



Baden 



Alsace Lorraine. 

 Hesse , 



Mecklenb urg- Schwerin 







Expenses. 





Cut of 



wood per 



aore. 



Gross 

 uh onto. 



Total. 



As a per 



cent of 



gross 



income. 



Net 

 revenue. 



Gubiefeet. 











62 



$3.47 



$1.66 



48 



$1.81 



54 



2. 66 



1.38 



52 



1.28 



72 



3 71 



1.78 



48 



1.93 



81 



6.50 



2.64 



40.5 



3.86 



# 90 



6 90 



2.36 



34 



• 4.54 



73 



5.82 



2.69 



46.2 



3.13 



57 



4.24 



2.09 



49.4 



2.12 



75 



4.95 



2.37 



48 



2.58 



61 



tin O-lj 



1.47 



58 



1.05 



a This figure represents the average for 90 per cent of all State forests, and would be little changed if data for the other 10^ per 

 cent were accessible. 



