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enforce them. In 1922 a new law was enacted creating a Forest 

 Service but its effectiveness is not yet proved. 



Ceylon 



Ceylonian forests probably are in excess of 12,000,000 acres, with 

 possibly three million permitting of exploitation. The State and 

 religious institutions own practically all of this area, good and bad, and 

 the cut from the forests is used at home. A forestry department 

 manages the forests and returns a large revenue to the government 

 every year. 



Chile 



While forests of various kinds cover a more considerable land 

 surface of Chile, only about five million acres are covered with a 

 merchantable stand of timber, with a considerable proportion owned 

 by the State. Chile has been prodigal in the use of her forest re- 

 sources and there is a large import of wood products. Various laws 

 were passed several decades ago designed to check depredation but 

 they were not enforced. It is only within the last ten years that forest 

 reserves have been set aside to a total of about one and one-half 

 million acres. 



China 



China has, according to estimates for all her provinces, a forest 

 area of about 200,000,000 acres. It is, nevertheless, a country that 

 has denuded its forest areas and must import the better and larger 

 kinds of lumber. Just what ownership obtains in the forests of China 

 is not determined by any statistics, and the cut from her forests is 

 likewise indeterminate, although it is estimated to be close to two 

 billion cubic feet. That China is awakening to the importance of 

 forests is indicated by governmental action. A Forest Service in a 

 department by itself has been established. There is a nursery at 

 Kiangsu, and other nurseries are being developed to carry out the 

 program of reforestation inaugurated by the Forest Service. This 

 department is also busily trying to arouse the public on forestry 

 questions and to further technical education for the work that has 

 to be done. 



Colombia 



Fifty per cent, of the land area of Colombia, or about 150,000,000 

 acres, supports a forest growth of productive nature. The majority 



