FORESTin' l.\ 



I'ORMOSA 



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THIC "COD TREE" IN THE FOREST OF ARISAN, FORMOSA. 

 THE DIAMETER OF THIS TREE IS ABOUT TWENTY-TWO 

 FEET. 



Sticks and furnilurc making. They are 

 found over the whole island except in 

 the mountain districts. 



Since seventeen years ago when For- 

 mosa was ceded to Japan, what has the 

 Government done to the forests of For- 

 mosa? The great difficulty in exploring 

 the forests of the island is that most of 

 the commercial forests are found in the 

 savage districts, where the inhahitants 

 have a very cruel hahit of head-hunting, 

 as is also found in some islands of the 

 South Sea. The savage people extend 

 over nearly 2,900 square miles ; cover- 

 ing perhaps 60 per cent of the island 

 and there is great necessity felt for 

 defence against them. We are resort- 

 ing to various measures of hringing 



])ressure upon them and of gradually in- 

 ducing them to submission. 



So the more this region is tranquil- 

 lized, the more the timber industry will 

 s[)ring up. 



At present, there does not exist any 

 s])ecial work on the forestry of this 

 island excepting those under described. 



One of the most im])ortant items of 

 I'^ormosan forestry is the camphor in- 

 dustry. The trees are found usually in 

 mixed forest together with other ever- 

 green broad-leaved trees, and most of 

 them are now in the savage districts. 



The camjjhor product here is prac- 

 tically the monopoly of the world, and 

 now forms one of the principal exports 

 of the island. It has been in the Gov- 



