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forest administration and legislation, which is now lacking, may 

 result in cutting down the volume of export. 



Porto Rico 



Through exploitation and clearing for agricultural purposes, the 

 forest area of Porto Rico has been reduced to about 100,000 acres. 

 There are 15,443 acres under control of the United States Forest 

 Service and 15,000 acres of mangrove classified as Insular Forests. 

 There is an Insular Forest Service in charge of about 40,000 acres of 

 forest area and carrying on publicity and research in connection with 

 the forestry movement. 



Portugal 



Recent reforestation on the part of both the government and 

 private individuals in Portugal has increased the forest area of that 

 country until it is estimated that nearly five million acres can be 

 classed as forested. State forests amount to about 100,000 acres. 

 Annually between 100,000,000 and 150,000,000 cubic feet are cut, 

 and Portugal is slightly on the exporting side of the ledger in timber. 

 Under Portuguese laws the revenue from government-owned forests 

 makes up a forestry fund, and locally owned lands suited only for 

 forest purposes are placed under the forest service. In sections where 

 afforestation work is proposed even private forests are under the 

 control of the forest service. This system has resulted in an increase 

 of many thousand acres in the forest area of the country. Portugal 

 is divided into forest zones and farming zones, and schools carry on 

 instruction and research in each district. Trees are furnished free by 

 the government to communities and private individuals in many cases, 

 and Portugal is a country aroused by economic necessity and govern- 

 ment activity to the importance of a forest policy. 



Portuguese Africa 



There are about 30,000,000 acres of forest land in the African 

 possessions of Portugal, with Angola and Portuguese East Africa 

 dividing the bulk of this amount, and about a million acres in Portu- 

 guese Guinea. No systems of administration are in vogue. 

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