As already mentioned, this prov-mee is rich in forest products and produces enormous quantities of lumber and bamboo afforestation, therefore, has engaged the serious atten tion' of the provincial authorities for: at least ten years. The Bureau of Forest Service is situated in the outskirts of Hangchow with six branches in various parts of the province. Statistics of the past nine years show that an. area of 107924 mow was planted with 28,320.375 trees." Seedings raised in the nurseries reach the number of 161,968,588 and in the, ast two years over 780,000 shade trees were planted along the highways. The bureau also made a thorough survey of the protective forests of the province, Its future polley Is to produce such lumber as Is fit for railway sleepers and other Industrial uses,
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