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(b.) Special working plan or regulations proposed. (1.) Ist. Complex treatment of the oak Hochwald. 2nd. ~ „ of the beech „ 3rd. „ „ of the oak and beech Mittel and Nieder Wald. 4th. „ „ of the spruce and Scotch fir Hochwald. (2.) The e'tat or estimated annual yield of the several complexes and of the whole forest. (3.) Improvement of the forest, soil, roads, &c, noting the leading points to be attended to during the next twenty years, e.g. — a. Pushing on the construction of roads in certain parts. b. Planting or sowing up vacant spots now unproductive. c. Removal of the worthless or less valuable descriptions of trees in certain blocks, and planting of spruce and fir. Further planting of clearings where the natural reproduction has more or less failed (specifying the exact localities in both instances). d. Thinning, particularly in the mature and too thickly covered portions (to be specified), &c, &c. Part Third. General and concluding remarks explanatory of the accompanying detailed working plan and maps for the guidance of the executive.

Note. —It is difficult to find exact synonyms for many of the German forest terms, but the following, as used by Dr. Brandis, maybe adopted:— *Hoch-wald ... ... High timber forest or high forest. Mittel-wald Coppice, with standard trees. Nieder-wald ... ... Coppice. Umtrieb ... ... Rotation. Umtriebs-zeit ... ... Length of rotation. m. ,Vt ft" r Flan ... Plan of operations, or working plan. Oberforsterei or ") Forest district or range managed by an ober or revier Revier J '" forster. Forst-bezirk ... .. Forest circle or division supervised by a Forstmeister. Massenaufnahmen ... Forest valuation surveys. Vorbereitung's Schlag "} Besammung's „ / Terms applied to the several stages of clearing for Dunkel „ C reproduction. Licht ~ )

STATEMENT showing the FOREST AREA in proportion to the population in six of the largest GERMAN STATES and in the whole GERMAN EMPIRE.

* The term is used to denote plantations or woods, at any period of their growth, which are to be left till mature, whether for timber or firewood supply ; which are to be reproduced from seed, and in which the mature wood will constitute the chief object (llaupt nutzung) ; whereas in Mittelwald the coppice is equally if not chiefly the aim. 4—H. sb.

Extent Population Same of State. in per latest Hectars Census Extent of Forest. Proportion of i-'orest to total extent per 100 Hectars. Forest area per head of Population. Bemarks. M^gemet. Total Prussia 34,831,924 24,019,567 hectars. 3,083,388 hectars. 4,333,965 heetars. 8,137,353 hectars. 23-1 kectars. •339 The heetar is 2-4711431 English acres Bavaria 7,585,738 •1,824,421 1,332,962 . 1,263,869 2,696,831 34-4 •536 The sources of information made use of in compiling this statement are, Leo's Forst Statistik, Die Forst Verwaltung Baierns, Bernhardt's Forst Statistik Wurtemburg... 1,950,597 1,778,396 399,169 195,933 695,102 30-5 •335 The forests classed as under State management (col. 4) include State, communal, and ecclesiastical forests Baden 1,530,967 1,434,970 349,267 161,657 610,924 33-1 •356 Saxony 1,406,64-1 2,423,401 192,370 280,094 472,419 316 •195 X have retained the heetar in this statement, as it is the land measure now universal in Germany, and supersedes the various morgens, ackers, and tagtverks, which were formerly so perplexing Mecklenburgh Sehwerin. 1,34-1,078 660,618 115,321 48,246 163,567 12-2 ■292 German Empire 54,102,769 40,089,170 7,247,862 6,692,679 13,940,641 25-7 :348 The total area per head of population in the German Empire ia thus 1"8 hectars, ot which -348 hectars is woodland