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acre. The forest revenue in Germany had grown in a remark- 
able manner, having, in some cases, trebled within twenty years. 
PRICES OF HOME AND FOREIGN TIMBER COMPARED. 
Professor Schwappach, in his paper on the “Condition of 
Forestry in Britain in 1go1,” says: “The conditions for forestry 
in Britain are by no means unfavourable. The prices for 
timber are from twice to three times as high as in Germany.” 
QuaALITy OF HoME-GROWN TIMBER. 
A good deal has been said as to the quality of the timber 
grown in this country. It is the universal opinion that our coni- 
ferous timber, when it is grown in open woods, as it usually is in 
this country, is of inferior quality; but where occasional patches 
have been found grown under similar conditions to those in 
Germany, the quality of the timber has been quite equal to any- 
thing got from abroad. Hardwoods grown in this country are 
for many purposes superior to anything imported. The universal 
opinion is, that with proper sylvicultural management, our home- 
grown timber would be at least as good as timber imported from 
abroad. The Departmental Committee in their Report say: 
“That foreign is so generally preferred to home-grown timber 
is in no way due to unsuitability of soil or climate, but is 
entirely due to our neglect of sylvicultural principles.” The 
exhibits of timber at the annual exhibition of the Royal Scottish 
Arboricultural Society in the Highland Society’s Show have 
made it clear that timber of the finest quality can be grown in 
Scotland. The specimens exhibited there are, of course, speci- 
ally selected, but they show what the soil and climate of this 
country can produce. 
YIELD OF HoME FoRESTs. 
The Departmental Committee say: “That the yield of our 
woodlands can be materially improved admits of no doubt.” 
SUBSTITUTES FOR TIMBER. 
Dr Schlich, in ‘ Our Forestry Problem,” referring to the efforts 
made to substitute iron and steel for timber, quotes from Mr 
Hawkshaw’s presidential address to the Institute of Civil Engi- 
neers, as follows:—“ Engineers could not do without timber, nor, 
