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THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 

 Imports and exports of Belgium. 



a Endres, loc. cit. 



6 Represents 68,835,000 cubic feet. 



Sweden is the chief source of imports; then come Russia, Germany, 

 and France. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



Great Britain, on account of its scarcity of forests, its highly devel- 

 oped industries, and its great coal production, imports more wood 

 than any other country in the world. The English wood consump- 

 tion has an influence on the lumber trade of the whole world and also 

 on the price of lumber; therefore the inevitable increase in it is of 

 great interest to the United States, especially in view of the amount 

 of imports from Canada. 



Imports of Great Britain. 



Endres, loc. cit. 



The greatest imports are in sawed and hewn wood. Scandinavia 

 furnishes one-third of the imports, Russia one-fourth, and America 

 one-fifth. The export is practically nothing. 



DENMARK AND NETHERLANDS. 



These countries have such small areas in forest as compared with 

 their population that imports of timber are certain to increase, as they 

 have steadily done in the last few years. 



ITALY. 



The imports of Italy have slowly increased for some years, and the 

 increase in population and development of industries will certainly 

 more than offset any increased production of the forests, which are 

 now mostly coppice and managed under a short rotation. 



