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Table I. — Showing tJie Area of tlie Forests of Europe. 



This Table at once introduces us to some very useful informa- 

 tion, the main points of which may be summarised as follows : — 



1. Not quite one-third of the area of Europe is classed as 

 forest. 



2. The average forest area per head of population ranges from 

 9 acres to one -tenth of an acre, the average being about 

 2 acres. 



3. By way of anticipation I have underlined the areas referring 

 to the exporting countries. Of these, only Austria-Hungary and 

 Roumania have less than 2 acres per head of population ; all 

 other exporting countries have from 5 to 9 acres of forest per head 

 of population. 



I shall now place before you the next Table. 



