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move is expected to lead large private timber owners to follow suit. 

 It is thought that this decision may mean an opportunity for American 

 manufacturers of logging and sawmill machinery. Sweden, being a 

 closer neighbor of Poland, will probably not overlook this opportunity. 

 Most of the sawmill machinery in the Archangel region of North 

 Russia is of Swedish make, even in mills owned bv British capital. 



J. D. G. 



Poland to Develop Its Timber Resources. American Lumberman. November 

 22, 1919, p. 66. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



A note appears in the November number of 

 French Revue des Baux et Porcts to the effect that a 



Foresters mission of French foresters is to be sent to study 



to North the forests of the Kola Peninsula, in Russian 



Russia Lapland, with especial reference to securing in- 



formation relative to the desirability of estab- 

 lishing paper and pulp mills in that region. A Norwegian logging 

 engineer, familiar with river driving and rafting and hydro-electrical 

 installations, will be a member of the mission. The foresters are to 

 study especially the density of the stands, quality of timber, and the 

 characteristics of the principal species (Pinus sylvestris and Picea 

 exeelsa), and the conditions of exploitation and transportation of the 

 timber to the plants. From personal observations of the writer near 

 Kola Bay, in April, 1919, there is no question of the extent or quality 

 of the timber along the Murman Railroad, though the timber is scat- 

 tered and rather stunted for a distance of some 30 miles south of the 

 town of Murmansk. Kola Bay, moreover, is a wonderful harbor, the 

 only port open all the year round on Russia's northern seacoast, and it 

 is predicted that some day Murmansk will be one of the important 

 ports of Europe. The inlet at the new town of Murmansk (built in 

 1916-17, upon the completion of the Murmansk-Zvanka Railroad) is 

 1^ miles in width, the harbor being 33 feet deep at the docks and 70 

 feet deep in the middle. The Russian government laid out the town 

 of Murmansk along broad lines with the plan of extensive development 

 to follow in dock and railroad facilities, all of which was, of course, 

 stopped by the revolution of 1917. J. D. G. 



Avis. Revue des Eaux et Forets. November, 1919, p. 259. 



