Excerpt from The World's Paper Trade Review A series of laws for the better preservation of woods and forests in Sweden were passed by Parliament towards the close of the session, and came into force from January 1st last. Among the principal provisions of these new measures are (1) that timber on private properties is not to be felled in a measure detrimental to reproduction, and that the soil is not to be treated so as to hinder the fresh growth of trees; (2) that the felling of timber in woods exposed to the action of shifting sands is to be under official control; (3) the creation and organisation in certain districts of forest boards with officials to whom various functions are assi ned; (4) the introduction of certain m ifications and new regulations as regards woods owned by towns, churches, schools, hospitals, or an other public institutions; (5) that leases o forests are not to exceed 50 years, and that where timber is concerned the leases are to be limited to five years. The total area of land covered by forest in Sweden in 1902 was put down at some hectares (about square miles). Of this area about hectares (say square miles) belong to the State, while the rest is private property. In this latter category are included woods belong ing to communes, towns and villages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.