A complete report on this body of timber, which 

 can bo had at the office of thj director of forests in 

 Llanila or at the bureau of insular .affairs in Y/ashington, 

 shows that the region occupied by the main body of the tract 

 presents ideal logging conditions. This report shoa^ that 

 railror.de can bo built easily and cheaper and that the en- 

 tire timber belt can be lodged at a mininun of expense and 

 trouble* The amount of timber per acre varies from 1?, ,500 

 up to 30,000 board feet and more. In the four principal 

 typos of forest embraced in the area, much valuable, material 

 can be secured from even the least desirable type, and the 

 most valuable types will, according to figures of the bureau, 

 provide a handsome profit for an outlay comparatively s.'iall 

 in relation to the value of the timber which is to be ex- 

 ploited. 



The principal kinds of v:ood are the laua<nn . ex- 

 cellent c on s t r u c t i on t i rnb e i s and s o rae v:h at c o.n p i . r a b 1 o , i :i 

 median i c al pr ope r t i e s , to the ?ac i f I c c oaf t T stiv, o od s ; 

 yacal, one of the most valuable because of its greav strength, 

 and its resistance to destruction by white ants; apitong, 

 quite comparable to the hard pines of th^ Unitod Sta-cos, and 

 various other hardwoods- v;hich have already/" found a place as 

 substitutes for mahogany* 



