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often shipped which is better than the specified grade, which has re- 

 sulted in the market demanding high grades where poorer grades would 

 serve the purpose as well. 



Generally speaking, the prospects for the further exportation of 

 Pacific Coast woods in Australia are very good, but the extent of their 

 success will to a large measure depend on the attitude of the mill 

 owners. Among the fundamental things necessary for success are a 

 co-operative organization of manufacturers to develop the trade, edu- 

 cational and advertising campaigns as to the worth of the American 

 w^oods, uniform grade rules and price lists which will be lived up to, 

 and permanent transportation lines between the lumber centers of the 

 Pacific Coast and the consuming centers of Australia. 



The Timberman, May, 1917, p. 36; June, 1917, p. :i2,; August, 1917, p. 35. 



The Bureau of Forestry of Finland has re- 

 Pinnish cently issued its annual report, containing statis- 



Forests tics obtained in 1913. According to this report, 



the government forests include an area of 31,- 

 068,773 acres, or approximately 33 per cent of the land area of Finland. 

 This area is. classified as follows: Cultivated lands, 177,682 acres; for- 

 ested areas, 13,166,888 acres; water, 1,184,802 acres; bog and swamp 

 land, 16,539,401 acres. During 1913 forest fires occurred on an area 

 of 5,405 acres, causing an average damage of $7.32 per acre. Receipts 

 from forest products during 1913 amounted to $3,034,533, while the 

 disbursements reached a total of $1,104,599, leaving a net income of 

 $1,929,934. The supervising force in charge of the government forests 

 is composed of 10 senior foresters, 100 foresters, 100 to 150 assistant 

 foresters, and about 1,000 labor foremen and forest guards. 



B. L. G. 



Skogsvardsforenlngcns Tidskrift, July-August, 1917, pp. 715-717. 



