280 TIMBER 



buy considerable quantities from Germany and the United 

 States, Sweden and Norway, and smaller amounts from 

 Canada, Newfoundland, and New Zealand. 



In addition to our ordinary imports we buy 3| million 

 tons per annum of wood for pit-props, and for this we are 

 dependent to the extent of 80 per cent, of our requirements on 

 foreign countries. Russia again is our chief source of supply, 

 though France, Sweden and Norway, Spain and Portugal send 

 us considerable quantities. 



During the war, as a result of investigation, it was found 

 that Newfoundland and the maritime provinces of Eastern 

 Canada had almost inexhaustible stores of wood suitable for 

 these props, and as a result a certain amount has recently been 

 bought from these countries. 



With regard to wood-pulp the truth appears to be that the 

 actual production in Canada and Newfoundland is in excess of 

 our needs, but the bulk of the Canadian produce goes to the 

 United States, and we import our supplies mainly from 

 Norway, though Sweden, Canada, and Newfoundland also 

 contribute to our needs. 



Teak comes to us chiefly from Burmah, and mahogany from 

 French West Africa, the Gold Coast, Nigeria, and British 

 Honduras. 



CHAPTER XXIV 

 CONCLUSION 



SOME facts emerge. According to the present state of our 

 knowledge it appears that of some commodities we are able 

 to produce enough to satisfy the needs of all the inhabitants 

 of the empire (some 445 million souls) without having to buy 

 from other countries ; that is to say, we are (or could be if 

 we chose) self-supporting. Not only so, but in many cases 

 we have enough and to spare, so that, after providing for our 

 own needs, we have a surplus which we can sell to other 

 countries ; of some again we have practically a monopoly^ 



