Periodical Literature. 



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Belgium's total area is only y.2y million 



Belgian acres and its forest area 1.32 million acres, 



Statistics. of which less than half State forest. 



These 511,000 acres bring a net yield of 



$4.16 per acre. Oak wood brings 30 to 35 cents per cubic foot, 



and beech even more. 



The official reports for 1906 place the wood import at around 

 $36,000,000, a rise over the previous year of over $3,000,000, and 

 further rise is anticipated. 



The home product of coniferous wood is mostly utilized when 

 fit for mine props, hence this large import of workwood. Against 

 the import an export of 6.6 million dollars is set. Russia and 

 Sweden are the largest contributors (over 50%), Russian im- 

 ports increasing, Swedish decreasing. 



Commerce d'importation et d'exportation des hois en igo6. Allgemeine 

 Forst- und Jagdzeitung. December, 19 10. P. 439. 



United The movement outward of timber for 



States years of 1909 and 1910 may be summarized 



Exports. comparatively as follows : 



Lumber, 

 Sawed timber, 

 Smaller dimensions, 



Total, 



Net increase. 



Average prices. 



Increase, 

 All wood and 

 wood products. 



Increase, 



1909 

 1.509,836,000 board feet 

 434,985,000 " 

 25,472,000 " " 



19 10 



1,876,763,000 board feet 



442,071,000 " " 



23,514,000 " " 



1,970,293,000 



372,045,000 



$21.41 



.69 



$72,313,280 

 13,475,753 or 18.6% 



2,342,338,000 

 $22.10 



$85,789,033 



American Lumberman. March 25, 1911. P. 28. 



POLITICS AND LEGISLATION. 



In a long, painstaking article. Semper dis- 

 IVaste cusses the policy of the Prussian govern- 



Land ment in buying up waste lands and mis- 



Policy managed forests in the Polish provinces of 



in West Prussia and Posen. 



Prussia. A historical review recites the causes of 



the devastation and also refers to the coloni- 

 zation commission which is instituted to supplant the restless and 

 often shiftless Polish land ownership by German colonists. 



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