54 THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



CONSUMPTION. 



The comparatively large annual cut ought to be sufficient, appar- 

 ently, for a population of about 3,000,000 inhabitants (in 1900 there 

 were 3,117,000) ; but, as a matter of fact, Switzerland is compelled to 

 import timber from abroad, and the figures for imports and exports 

 for the fifteen years following 1885 show that the imports are con- 

 stantly growing, while the exports are constantly decreasing. Timber 

 is obtained chiefly from Germany, Austria, and France. By aid of 

 the figures for exports and imports and the amount cut in the forests, 

 the wood consumption, in cubic feet, for the period from 1895 to 1899 

 may be determined as follows: 



The total consumption is 117,000,000 cubic feet, or 38 cubic feet 

 per inhabitant. Of this, 15.7 cubic feet are in the form of saw-log 

 timber and timber for building purposes and 22.3 cubic feet in the 

 form of firewood. 



WOOD PRICES. 



The stumpage prices of saw-log timber and construction timber 

 at the place of cutting, 1895-1899, was 8.4 cents per cubic foot, and 

 for firewood nearly 5 cents. The average price for both timber and 

 firewood was 6.3 cents per cubic foot. These prices are practically 

 the same as those in Prussia. 



DENMARK. 



FOREST AREA. 



The forest area of Denmark in 1899 comprised 603,575 acres, or 

 6.3 per cent of the total land area, and a per capita of 0.25 acre. 

 The islands Seeland, Bornholm, Laaland, Falster, and Fyen occupy- 

 ing 9.3 per cent of the total area of Denmark, contain 300,137.5 

 acres of forest land, or 49.7 per cent of the total forest area. The 

 other half of the Danish forests, 303,437.5 acres, or 50.3 per cent, 

 are found on the mainland (Jutland). 



The state forests comprise 23.8 per cent, or 143,702.5 acres; of this 

 area, 45.8 per cent is found on the Danish islands and 54.2 per cent 

 on Jutland. 



COMPOSITION. 



Of the total forest area, 266,515 acres, or 44.2 per cent, are beech 

 forests; 90,623 acres, or 15 per cent, are other hard woods; 228,625 

 acres, or 37.9 per cent, are coniferous forest; and 17,812 acres, or 2.9 

 per cent, are scrub growth. 



