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ciation, was constituted at a recent general meeting of all the limit- 

 holders of the district lying between Dorchester County and the Gaspe 

 Peninsula. 



Bulgaria's forests may be divided into four zones, according to 

 altitude. The lowest and warmest extends from sea level up to an 

 altitude of 1,300 feet, and is the home of the oak, elm and ash. Above 

 this belt, up to a height of 2,600 feet, is the oak-beech transition zone. 

 Between 2,600 and 4,300 feet is the typical beech zone. It contains 

 ample supplies of timber. Finally a pine zone, equally well stocked, 

 extends between 4,300 and 6,600 feet. 



According to a note published in Commerce Reports for January 

 30, 1917 (pp. 396-8), Bulgaria's forest area in 1908 comprised 7,086,232 

 acres, of which 1,611,423 were national property. No statistics have 

 been available since that date. The forests were then valued at 

 $125,000,000, but entire sections were destroyed during the Balkan 

 wars of 1912 and 1913. 



The deciduous varieties of trees predominate in the forests of the 

 Balkan Range. The Stara Planina region, with its beeches, willows, 

 and poplars, is typical. The coniferous trees abound, particularly in 

 the Rilo and Rhodope Mountains. Access to the forested ares in 

 Bulgaria is generally difficult. This condition accounts for the fact 

 that some 30 per cent of the total area of the country consists of 

 forests. — Geographical Review^ April, 1917, p. 325. 



A survey of the world's supply and demand for matches by the 

 Canadian Trade Commissioner at Leeds is interesting. Sweden and 

 Norway are the main sources of supply and, before the war, Austria 

 took third place. Germany could not compete with cheaper goods 

 from Japan. France had a government monopoly in matches, but 

 since the largest factories are in the section occupied by the Germans, 

 must now import. The United States and Russia have large match 

 industries, but as both countries have or had a high protective tariff, 

 they could not compete in the international market. Under the revised 

 tariflf in the United States, however, Scandinavian matches have made 

 their appearance increasingly. South America supplies itself with an 

 inferior match. Since the downfall of the Austrian supply, India offers 

 a good field. The Japanese control the far East Asiatic market, 

 but in India and other European colonies they have lost ground, 

 apparently on account of inferior quality of product. While during 



