444 Forestry Quarterly. 



In other islands (Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, etc.) there is no 

 forest management deserving the name. However, the Govern- 

 ment is considering the exploitation by contract in the Island of 

 Sumatra of a great forest area. Of course, it would be necessary 

 for capital to interest itself in this enterprise. Steam logging ap- 

 pliances and saw mills and export on a large scale would be 

 necessary conditions for success. 



There are still enormous areas covered with forest on these 

 islands. Thus, if the experiment should be tried and prove a suc- 

 cess, exploitation could be greatly extended there. 



Canada Lumberman and Wood Worker. October 15, 1909. P. 31. 



Although Chile imports from three to five 

 Forestry million dollars worth of wood from the 



in United States in addition to wood manufac- 



Chile. tures from the States and other countries of 



around half a million, she has in the south- 

 ern portions a valuable forest resource with excellent woods, 

 among which the most useful are Rauli, a mahogany-like wood ; 

 Roble Pellin, a beech ; Laurel ; Luma ; Canelo ; Ulmo ; Quillay ; 

 Coihue ; a larch ; a pine ; a cypress. Absence of means of trans- 

 portation and the very rainy climate make exploitation difficult and 

 expensive. Yet, in 1907 and 1908, some four lumber companies 

 with a capital of nearly two million dollars were formed. 



Fire has been, as everywhere on the American continent, 

 the worst enemy, and of the 75,000 square miles (26.7%) of es- 

 timated forest area probably little of it has remained untouched. 

 In 1872, a forest protection law was passed, but in 1891 again 

 abolished, having probably never been applied. In 1908, a re- 

 vival of this law was proposed in the legislature, and the govern- 

 ment of Magallanes Territory instituted a commission to draw 

 up a forest and field code to stem in part the forest destruction. 



Silva. August, 1909. Pp. 570-572. 



Most of the South American forests are 

 Forest Resources tropical, but in the Andes and at the south- 

 of ern end of the continent may be found for- 



South America. ests characteristic of temperate and sub- 

 arctic zones. The tropical forests have such 

 a mixture of species that logging is always expensive and often 



