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Till: I-'OKEST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



TABLE 5. Quantity a) id raluc of timber and firewood in 1900. 



RUSSIA. 



FOREST AREA AND DISTRIBUTION. 



The forest resources of Russia are enormous. The total forest area 

 has recently boon given as 812,640,600 acres, though, as indicated 

 bHow, this estimate is unquestionably excessive. The proportion 

 of forest to total land area is 15.45 per cent. The forests are very 

 unevenly distributed, hov.'ever, as is shown by the following table: 



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