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south of this to the river Choapa, comprising the provinces of 

 Atacama and Coquimbo, somev^hat more densely forested with 

 230,000 acres, is composed mainly of Gourliea decorticam 

 (Chanar), Caesalpinia hrevifolia (algarrobillo), Portiera hygro- 

 tnetrica (guayacan), carbon, etc. 



These two regions depend on importations for wood supply. 

 An export of the pods of Prosopis for yellow tan material has 

 begun. 



The third region, still better wooded with 1.7 million acres, 

 south to the river Maule, occupies the provinces of Aconcagua, 

 Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins, Colchagua, Curico and Talca. 

 In addition to a number of dry-region trees at the southern 

 limit, three species of Nothofagus (niacrocarpa, ohliqua, and 

 domheci) appear with Guevina avellatia and Libocedrus chilensis. 

 This region also imports most of its wood requirements. 



With the fourth section the real forest region is entered, lying 

 between the rivers Maule and Valdivia, the forest per cent lying 

 between 17.5 and 35.5 per cent for the nine provinces involved, 

 around 6 million acres. It is the richest forest region of the 

 country. Here, Araucaria imhricata and Libocedrus tetragona, 

 Podocarpus andina represent the conifers, and species of Notho- 

 fagus and Laurelia, the two most important finishing woods, 

 Myrceugenia, Persea (tan), and many others lend variety. 



The fifth section from the river Valdivia to the peninsula 

 Taitao is represented in three provinces with around 12 million 

 acres (40%) of woods. Here, Araucaria and Laurel are absent, 

 but Libocedrus and Fitzrohya, of large dimension, with, in the 

 higher mountains, Podocarpus, Nothofagus, Sophora, and a long 

 list of other hardwoods, are represented, the canal of Chacao 

 limiting some species. Unfortunately, the least useful species 

 abound, and grow largest, while the more useful ones are the 

 rarest and smallest. 



Finally, the sixth section comprises the territory of Magallanes, 

 south to Tierra del Fuego, some 20 million acres (30 per cent of 

 the territory) with, mostly, the same species that occur south of 

 Chacao canal, the number gradually decreasing southward, finally 

 being restricted to a few species of Myrceugenia in stunted shrubs, 

 besides a Nothofagus and Maytenus tree species. 



Boletin de Bosques, Pesca i Caza, May, 1914, pp. 533 — 541. 



