In the d
."'f strict of Orel, 14,125 desal Mtzensk, 10,747 Karatchev, 36,566 Briansk, 234,897 Tronbteheosk, 214,525 Seosk, 51,125 Dmitrovsk, 37,249 Kromin, 7,840 Liven, 10,048 r. Jeletz, 34,471 Bolchov, about 24,000, Malo-Archangelsk, 24>000
bins.
699,597 desatins.
' The information anent the crown forests is much more correct than the information as to private forests, particularly in the districts of Bolchov and Malo-Archangelsk. If, instead of the general extent of crown forests, we take into account only the forest surface, which even, with regard to private estates, is shown after excluding all the appurtances contained in the limits of the forest estates, then we will perceive that the crown forests are almost two and a-half times less than the private forests. Taking the districts there are important deviations — for instance, in the Mtzensk district the crown forests are only one- twentieth part of the private forests, and only in the districts of Karatchev and Briansk are the crown forests more than half. With such proportion the Orel crown forests may have a much higher importance in the forest trade than those of Smolensk.
' Taking the number of inhabitants of the district as a foundation census of 1862, we find that —
In the district of Bolchov,
Orel,
,, Mtzensk,
,, Karatchev,
,, Briansk, «.
Tronbteheosk,
Seosk,
„ Dmitrovsk,
,, Kromiu,
,, Malo-Archangelsk,
Liven, „ Jeletz,
With a population of
For 1 man there is general surface.
Of which extent forest.
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There is for each man —
Crown forests.
Private forests.
In the district of Bolchov,
0-1 Idee.
Orel,
,, Mtzensk,
,, Karatchev,
,, Briansk,
,, Tronbteheosk,
,, Seosk,
,, Dmitrovsk,
,, Kromin,
,, Malo-Archangelsk,
,. Liven,
„ Jeletz,
' Consequently with regard to the abundance of wood, the government of Orel can be divided into three groups — the districts of the basins of the Dnieper, the Don, and the Oka.
'To the first group belong the districts of Briansk, Tronbteheosk, Seosk, and Karatchev. To it refer likewise the greatest part of the crown forests, viz,: —
Of which are under forests.
1. Briansk circuit, 61,399 desatins. 2,230 fathoms.
50,457 desatins.
1. Tronbteheosk, 43,246
Karatchev, 25,142
Seosk (namely —
Seosk district), 10,710 „
' In these forest circuits the greatest part of the forests constitute crown estates, whereas in the remaining forest circuits they belong to the peasants.
' The second group contains Jeletz, Liven, and Malo- Archangelsk.
'To the third group belong the districts of Orel, Bolchov, Mtzensk, Dmitrov, and Kromin.
c It is evident that the two last groups must be referred to places with little wood. The importation of forest products into these districts from the south and east is impossible in consequence of their being no forests in these parts; the importation by the river Oka, and generally from the north — from the governments of Tula and Kaluga — also cannot be great, because the government of Tula has no excess of forest materials, and the forest materials of the government of Kaluga will always find an increasing demand on the Orel-Moscow railway, and being floated down the Oka, will find a better market in Moscow— because those landed at Serpuchov will be transported by rail only 90 versts, whereas from Serpuchov to Orel by railway is much further, and besides the floating by the Oka against the stream, and frequently against a contrary wind, is long, and costs dear. In the meantime the demand for forest materials in these districts must increase rapidly. In Orel three branches of railways meet, in consequence of which the sale of the manufactures of the government of Orel must increase,
and this increase must increase the consumption of forest materials, because in the government of Orel leather and tallow fabrics, &c., have a great importance, and consume large quantities of forest materials.