Periodical Literature. 



477 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY. 



Prof. Snrosch of the forest school at New 

 World's Alexandria (Poland) has brought together 



and with great industry, in over 500 pages, 



Russia's statistics and description of the world's for- 



Forests. est areas, lumber trade, and forest manage- 



ment. The data of Russia occupy naturally 

 the larger portion of the work, and are given in more detail. Ac- 

 cording to Surosch the forest areas of the world appear to be : 



Europe 1200 thousand sq. miles, 30% of the total area, 1.7 acre per capita 



Asia 4280 " '' 



Africa 2040 " ' 



America 5640 " ' 



Australia 490 " ' 



Total 13,650 



The total exports of wood products in 1903 totaled $335 million, 

 the imports $371 million, while in 1890 the figures were $176 and 

 $205 million respectively. 



In the exports the following countries participated : 



Russia and Finland, $59 million 



North America (means U. S.), .. 56 



Austria-Hungary, 52 



Sweden, 43 . 5 



Canada, 39-7 " 



Norway, 19.5 " 



Holland, 16.4 " 



France, 10.2 " 



Germany, 5.8 



Roumania, 4.5 " 



Others, 28.4 " 



The imports going to the following countries were valued at: 



Great Britain, $114 million 



Germany, 51 



France, 30. 5 " 



North America, 28 



Belgium, 26 



Holland, 25 



Italy, 12.7 " 



South America, 1 1 



