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Acreage of Surveyed Timber Lands in California — Continued. 



County. 



Acres of timber. 



Kind of timber. 



The above represents only the number of acres of timber land 

 actually surveyed at this time. In nearly every county there are 

 large tracts yet to be surveyed and recorded. In many instances the 

 lands surveyed merely border the streams which may be made avail- 

 able for lumbering purposes. There remains, at the least calcula- 

 tion, as much more timber land to be surveyed, giving as the total 

 area of California forests over twelve millions of acres. 



THE REDWOOD FORESTS. 



The different kinds of timber are very regularly distributed. Along 

 the coast are the great redwood forests, stretching from Del Norte 

 County on the north to San Luis Obispo on the south. The red- 

 wood, or Sequoia, is found only in California. The Sequoia Semper- 

 virens, or the redwood of commerce, is found on the mountains of 

 the Coast Range, flourishing amid the fogs that bathe the counties 

 bordering upon the sea. One vast forest from fifteen to thirty-five 

 miles wide extends from the northern boundary of the State to 

 Tomales Bay, and another begins at Belmont and extends southward. 

 The Sequoia Gigantca, or Big Trees, extend along a large portion of 

 the western flanks of the Sierra in disconnected groves. The fame 

 of these giant trees has traveled over the world with that of the 

 beauties of the Yosemite Valley and its water-falls. 



PINE, FIR, AND CEDAR FORESTS. 



In the interior the pine, fir, and cedar flourish. There are several 

 varieties of pine, the most valuable being that called the sugar pine. 

 This wood is considered better than the white pine of the East, and 

 is shipped in considerable quantities to Australia, South America, 

 Yokohama, Shanghai, Hongkong, and samples have recently been 



