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It will be useful to see what the present total consumption in 

 the four principal importing countries is. The following statement 

 shows this : — 



Table VIII. — Showing the Annual Consumption of Timber in the 

 Four Principal Importing Countries of Europe. 



These data are based on reliable information, with the excep- 

 tion of the home production in Great Britain and Ireland, which 

 has been estimated from the area of the forests and the yield of 

 hedgerows, parks, etc. Considering that the consumption of 

 timber in Britain has during the last twenty years increased at 

 more than twice the rate of the increase in population, and that a 

 similar process is going on in Germany and Belgium, I do not 

 doubt for a moment that the consumption in the above four 

 countries will in a few years have risen to 20 cubic feet per 

 head of population. 



I shall now proceed to deal with the exporting European 

 countries : — 



Roumania. 



Roumania has only about 1 acre of forest for every head of popu- 

 lation. It has exported lately about 60,000 tons of timber annually. 

 Even if this quantity should in the immediate future be somewhat 

 increased, the r*ise, if any, will be so small that we can neglect it. 



Norway. 



Tons. 

 1,040,000 



Value. 

 £1,870,000 



Present annual net exports, . 



Of late the major part of the exports went to Britain, France, 

 Belgium, Holland, and to Germany. 



