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ic may, the statement furnishes complete information in regard to 

 the forest resources of the Russian Empire. 



The forested areas in the different parts of the empire and the 

 percentages of the total land surfaces in Europe are as follows : 



European Prussia 451,000,000 acres— 34% 



Finland 38,000,000 45 



Caucasus 20,000,000 22 



Asiatic Russia 862,000,000 



Total 1,371,000,000 acres 



The total area is 10 times that of the whole of Germany and 

 39 times its forested area, and, as will be seen, the forests of 

 Russia are for the most part concentrated in the northern part 

 of the Empire. 



Russia is one of the great wood-exporting countries, and the 

 following table, giving the percentages of sawtimber supplied by 

 the various countries, shows how its relative importance has im- 

 creased in the period between 1902 and 1911 : 



1902 1911 



Russia 29.4% 35.7% 



United States of America and Canada 30. 1 31.1 



Sweden and Norway 28.9 20.7 



Austria-Hungary 11.6 12.5 



While the wood exported represents only 14 per cent of the 

 total amount cut, it makes up 10.7 per cent (1912) of the total 

 annual export trade, its composition by volume and value being 

 as follows : 



By By 



Volume Value 



Sawtimber 52% 70% 



Logs 28 20 



Pulpwood 14 6 



Mine timbers 4 4 



Firewood 2 



The importing countries and the percentages which they take 

 are as follows: 



England 39.8% 



Germany 33 . 1 



Holland 12.1 



France 4.15 



Belgium 3.8 



Austria-Hungary 2.7 



Sweden and Norway 2.0 



Turkey and the Balkans 65 



Miscellaneous 1.7 



