724 Forestry Quarterly. 



It will be seen that there is here is a field for American enter- 

 prise. — American Lumberman, September 28, 1912. 



The Chilean Congress is seriously discuss- 

 Forests ing a revision of the forestry laws of the 



of country with a view of preserving a large 



Chile • area of forests now in existence near Val- 



paraiso, according to United States Consul 

 Alfred A. Winslow at Valparaiso. During the last few years 

 large areas of forests have been cleared for agricultural purposes 

 and the work is still going on. 



The forests of Chile contain several classes of useful timber, 

 among them being roble, known as Chilean oak and very useful 

 where strength is required; rauli, valuable for furniture, giving 

 a good polish and grain; lingue, noted for its excellent tanning 

 bark, said to equal the tree known for this property; quillay or 

 soap tree, valuable for its bark for cleaning purposes (it yields 

 also fair tar) ; elmo or elm, that grows very large and makes 

 about the best light lumber produced in the country. 



Most of the timber in Chile is very heavy and it is almost im- 

 possible to raft it down the rivers, which makes it difficult to get 

 to market unless near a railway. The lumbering business has not 

 increased in Chile as in most other parts of the world because 

 of the reasons mentioned, and there does not seem to be any im- 

 mediate future for it unless more capital is employed and addi- 

 tional railroads are built. The imports of lumber for 191 1 am- 

 ounted to 35461,000 feet, of which 33,920,000 feet came from 

 the United States. — American Lumberman, November 2, 1912. 



The teak forests in Burmah are under 



Teak supervision of the British Government 



in which uses about one-half of the out-put 



Burmah. in the construction of battle-ships for the 



exposed parts. The average commercial 



log from these forests is about 20 feet long and squares 18 inches. 



The trees are girdled a year before cutting so that they will be 



dry enough to float. The logs are brought to the landings and 



