6s6 Forestry Quarterly. 



Wood Consumption. 



The following tables will give a fair idea of the timber trade of 



the Empire. 



Native Timbers. 



Hunan Province $10,000,000 gold 



Kiangsi " 1,000,000 " 



Fulkien " 2,000,00 " 



Kwangsi " 5,000,000 " 



All others 10,000,000 " 



$28,000,000 

 Foreign Timbers 



United States of America 



Softwood (Oregon pine), 71,575,000 bd. ft. 1,330,000 



Canada (Oregon pine) 



Softwood 3,392,000 bd. ft. 77,000 



Japan (and Formosa) 



Softwood (mainly pines 



and spruces) 142,218,000 bd. ft., $2,255,500 



Hardwood (mainly oak, 



chestnut and ash) 737,000 cu. ft- 209,000 2,464,500 



Russia (Pacific Ports) 



Softwood (mainly pines, 



spruces, etc.) 2,592,000 bd. ft. 39.500 



Hongkong 



Softwood (probably 



American) 697,000 bd. ft., 14,000 



Hardwood (undoubtedly 



Malayan) 1,092,000 cu. ft. 504,000 



518,000 



Singapore 



Hardwood 1,219,000 cu. ft. 368,000 



Miscellaneous Malay Ports 



Hardwood 95,ooo cu. ft. 30,000 



Australia, etc. 



Hardwood 10,000 cu. ft. 3,100 



$32,830,100 



Grouped a little differently, these would result, approximately, 

 as in the following figures : 



Softwoods 

 Native 



(Mostly pines, firs, and cedars) 2,000,000,000 bd. ft. $21,000,000 

 Japan (an I Formosa) and Siberian 



Ports 144,810,000 " " 2,295,000 



U- S. A. and Canada (nearly all 



Oregon pine) 75,800,000 " " 1,420,000 



2,220,610,000 " " $24,715,000 



Hardwoods 



Native (very varied) 14,000,000 cu. ft. $7,000,000 



Indo-Malay Region (mainly 

 Dipterocarp woods of the 



most common kinds, and Teak) .... 2,400,000 " " 916,000 



Japan (and Formosa) 737,ooo " " 209,000 



17,137,000 $8,125,000 



