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for the peasants to sell their forest property as rapidly
as possible.

A large extent of woods, about 100,000 acres in
all, is owned by some towns, especially in the north
and east. Recently it has been thought advisable
to preserve forests held in common ownership by
parishes, villages, or other societies. Such common
woods may be retained by the village at the time of
the enclosure, or the government may grant this
forest territory to the peasants for a reasonable rent
or price. The provincial Governor has to approve the
plan for the utilisation of the forests, after hearing
what the department of the State forests has to say.
The late committee recommended that when a
decision had to be taken about preserving half of the
forest for the village, unanimity should not be essential,
but only a two-thirds majority be required. The fact
is, however, that the peasants are not greatly
concerned about common property; they do not agree
with their theory-loving friends. Up to the present
time they have not made much use of the legislation
on the subject.

In theory it may be right to prevent the abuse of
their own property by people who do not know what
is good for them; and there may not, therefore, be any
abstract objection to a repetition in the Forest Law of
1886 of the old Swedish law forbidding peasants or
owners to destroy their forests, and compelling them,
if they do not use the soil in any other way, to
leave some trees for seed, and otherwise attend to
the regeneration of the forest. The committee which
has inquired into the situation of the private forests
recommends that, in order to supervise the woods
better, men proposed by the parish should be
nominated by the Governor to form committees of

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