438 FOXWOHTHY. 



VT. TIHBBBBD ABBAS AND PUTUBB BDPPLY. 



IMIIA. 



Tropica] India is said to be a dry.country. It contains many splendid 

 woods, lint the supply seems not to be greal enough to do much more 

 than supply the greai population. It is not necessary for the owner of 

 timber supplies to look farther when he lias so great a home market. It 

 is unlikely that India will ever do a \ovy great timber-exporting business. 

 It is true that quite a large number of very valuable ornamental woods 

 are found in India, hut the valuable ornamental woods can never he 

 expected to provide a really greal export trade. There are large sections 

 of India where there is a chronic timber famine and where it has heen 

 necessary to undertake forest planting on a rather large scale to supply 

 the needs of the local markets. There will douhtless he much more of 

 this planting done in the future. 



This section is more fortunately situated than is India proper. The 

 sal and teak forests of Burma constitute most of its supply of export 

 timber. The quantity of this is considerable and will stand exploitation 

 for some years to come. 



SI AM AM) COCHIN CHINA. 



These two countries are still hut little known, hut it is known that 

 there are fine teak forests in Siam which are now heing exploited, and 

 there are considerable areas of dipterocarp forests in Cochin China. 

 There are also a number of valuable ornamental woods still but little 

 worked in these two countries. 



The Malay region is the part of the tropical east which is most rich in 

 commercial timbers. 



In the Malay Peninsula the best forests seem to he in the states of 

 Keddah, Kelantan, Tringganu and Pahang, In the forests of Keddah 

 and Tringganu are tine supplies of chengal (Balanocarptu spp.) and 

 other dipterocarps. There is also a goodly quantity of merbau (Intsia 

 bdkeri) and there is a fair sprinkling of other valuable trees. The stales 

 of Kelantan and Pahang seem to offer Borne promise; although they are 

 comparatively little known and offer considerable difficulties in the way 

 of transportation. 



SI MATH A. 



This great island has extensive forests. It is reported to contain 

 great quantities of the valuable billian (Ev&ider&xylon zwagcri) and 

 chengal (Balanocarpus spp.). It certainlj docs contain great quantities 



of dipterocarp woods. It sends considerable quantities of timber to the 



