THE FOEEST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



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SWEDEN. 



Sweden's annual cut is less than the annual growth, and the forests 

 may be expected to supply the home demands and allow the country 

 to continue to increase exports to some extent. The following table 

 shows the rate of increase in them of late years : 



Exports of Sweden. a 



a Endres, loc. cit. 



Great Britain takes about half of the Swedish exports, then come 

 France, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Cape Colony, Australia, 

 and South America. Planed boards go chiefly to Netherlands, Cape 

 Colony, England, and Australia. 



The large number of floatable streams in Sweden have been impor- 

 tant factors in enabling it to take one of the foremost places in the 

 world's timber market. The wood industry has been intensively 

 developed. In 1898 there were 1,030 saw and planing mills, which 

 employed 40,700 workmen; in addition there were 501 other wood- 

 working establishments, with 22,300 workmen; as motive power, 507 

 turbines, 706 steam engines, and 178 electric motors were used. 



NORWAY. 



The forests of Norway are now being overcut, so that the exports, 

 which have not increased much since 1870, will evidently decrease in 

 the future. 



Exports of Norway, by amounts and values. 



a Endres, loc. cit. 



Exports of wood-pulp material are also very important, and in 

 1904 reached a value of $7,500,000. 



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