. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 544 AMERICAN FORESTRY ^ per hectare, and received a net revenue of per hectare. In 1897, the same government spent per • hectare, and received a net annual rev- enue of per hectare. This is not an isolated case, but is true for the forests of other European states. Care- ful observation during a long period of years has established the fact that there is a minimum expenditure per hectare for maintenance of forests: any- thing under this minimum means lack of proper care and a deterioration of the property; and an>i:hing in ex
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 544 AMERICAN FORESTRY ^ per hectare, and received a net revenue of per hectare. In 1897, the same government spent per • hectare, and received a net annual rev- enue of per hectare. This is not an isolated case, but is true for the forests of other European states. Care- ful observation during a long period of years has established the fact that there is a minimum expenditure per hectare for maintenance of forests: any- thing under this minimum means lack of proper care and a deterioration of the property; and an>i:hing in excess, up to a certain point, means improve- ment of the property, and an increase of ;^ With sixty per cent of the revenue from the sale of forest products, and with the constant increase of the amount this would yield, as would be the case, the Bureau of Forestry would have all the revenue needed for conserving and improving the productivity of public forests. For the first five years, how- ever, the bureau should be allowed all the revenues from tbe sale of forest products, to provide for the heavy ex- pense of organizing and making work- ing plans for the different forests throughout the islands, and for the technical and practical training up of Filipino foresters. In India the cost of administration of the area under forest management is slightly more than fifty per cent of the gross revenue derived from the sale of forest products from the same. The net revenue there is 39 centavos^ per hectare. With an equally intensive sys- tem of forest management for Philip- pine forests, a like net revenue could, after a short period of years, be ex- pected. Assuming that twenty per cent of the land area of the archipelago, or 6,000,000 hectares, should be put under forest management similar to Indian practice, the total yearly net revenue therefrom to the insular government would be P2,340,ooo. This is not con- sidering the value of these forests for protection of wat
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