SIAM 



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be figured in billions of cubic feet. Turkestan is equally wealthy 

 in proportion. 



Russia's Forestry Situation.* 



Salvador 



With somewhat less than a million acres of forest land, Salvador 

 has practically given over the control of her forest assets to private 

 ownership. The country is largely self-sustaining. The government 

 has a very definite forest policy of sustaining her forest resources by 

 requiring provisions for natural reforestation and by checking indis- 

 criminate cutting. May third is designated as Arbor Day when every 

 citizen is urged to plant a tree and take care of it. 



Santo Domingo 



There are about 9,500,000 acres of forest land in this Republic, 

 gradually being reduced as the land is being converted to agriculture. 

 The bulk of the land is government owned but not in a strict sense. 

 Provisions of law allow the setting aside of forest reserves and creat- 

 ing a forest service, but government and public sentiment is not 

 actively aroused in support of a forest policy. 



Siam 



Siam is estimated to possess about 35,000,000 acres of forest 

 land, all fundamentally owned by the government. The greatest asset 

 of the Siamese forests is teak, and for the protection of this, as well 

 as for other forestry work, a forestry department has been created. 

 Teak is the second most important export of Siam. 



* Based on table, p. 485, vol. I, Forest Resources of the World, Sparhawk & Zon. 



