364 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The exports have not increased during the last ten years ; on 

 the contrary, they have slightly fallen. Of the total forest area, 

 17,000,000 acres, only 12 per cent., or 2,040,000 acres, are State 

 forests, and 500,000 acres Corporation forests. The remaining 

 14,460,000 acres are private forests, which are worked without any 

 legal interference on the part of the State. The manufacture of 

 paper-pulp has assumed great dimensions, requiring annually already 

 1,400,000 tons of timber. A considerable portion of the forests is 

 situated at a high altitude, where growth is slow. All authorities 

 are agreed that the Norwegian forests as a whole have been con- 

 siderably overworked, and that a decided falling- off in the export 

 must set in almost immediately. 



Austria- Hungary, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. 



Present annual net exports, . 



Tons. 

 3,670,000 



Value. 

 £10,800,000 



The exports have been developed since the year 1855; they 

 have increased during the last ten years by 158,000 tons a year, 

 which is ecpaal to about 7 per cent. Of the exports, — 



Germany received in 1897, 



Italy received in 1897, . . . . 



Russia aud the Balkan received in 1897, 



France received in 1897, 



Switzerland received in 1897, 



Other countries received in 1897, . 



Total, 



Per cent. 

 56 

 18 

 10 



6 



3 



7 



100 



The following data show the distribution of the forest area 

 according to proprietorship : — 



