380 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Table XIII. — Showing the Net Imports and Exports of Timber 

 into and from the British Empire. 1 



Countries 



Great Britain and Ireland 

 New South Wales, 

 Victoria, . . 

 South Australia, . 

 Ceylon, .... 

 Mauritius, . . . 

 Natal, .... 

 Cape of Good Hope 

 Jamaica, . . 

 Barhadoes, . 

 Trinidad, . . . 

 British Guiana, 

 Queensland, 

 Tasmania, . 

 "Western Australia. 

 New Zealand, . 

 British India, . 

 West Coast of Africa, 

 British Honduras, . 

 Dominion of Canada. 



Annual Average during the 

 Years 1890-94. 



Imports. 

 Value in £. 



17,595,000 

 467,000 

 831,000 

 250,000 



41,000 

 99,000 

 160,000 

 57,000 

 65,000 

 41,000 

 41,000 



Exports. 

 Value in £. 



Annual Average during the 

 i'ears 1S95-99. 



Imports. 

 Value in £. 



22,000 



22,190,000 



311,000 



231,000 



198,000 



21,000 



37,000 



176,000 



416,000 



55,000 



33,000 



40,000 



27,000 



11,000 



39,000 



114,000 



151,000 



6S2.000 



22,000 



142,000 



4 470,000 



Exports. 

 Value in £. 



5 



29 



77 



146 



593 



70 



130 



4,835. 



5,653,000 



Total ! 19,647,000 



Net Imports, . . . j 13,994,000 | 



Increase in 5 years, 



Average Annual Increase, . . • • • ■ • • 



Average Annual Increase during previous 5 Years 



(period 18S5-S9 compared with period 1890-94), 



23,735,000 



17,850,000 



3,856,000 



771,000 



382,000 



5,885 



000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 000 



000 



£17,850,000 



£13,994,000 



£3,856,000 



£771,000 



£382,000 



It will be observed that the value of the annual net imports 

 into the empire amounted during the 



Period 1895-99 to 



Period 1890-94 to 



Increase, . 



Or an average annual increase of 



Annual increase in the previous five years, 



These data are worthy of our most serious consideration. With 

 all the forest wealth of our colonies we import now every year 

 timber valued at close on £18,000,000, and the sum has lately 

 risen at the rate of £771,000 annually. Surely the time has 

 come, or rather it came some time ago, for a more vigorous forest 

 policy on sensible lines throughout the Empire. Let us strive to 

 introduce systematic forest management, more particularly into 



' A few Colonies have heen omitted for want of data. 



