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56 million cubic feet (in terms of standing timber); in 1930 it was 

 48.1 million cubic feet. 



In terms of the equivalent in standing timber the total consumption 

 of all kinds of wood was 1,032 million cubic feet, or 23.8 cubic feet per 

 capita in 1924, and 1,035 million cubic feet, or 23.2 cubic feet per 

 capita in 1930. Average consumption for the period 1909-13 is esti- 

 mated at 992 million cubic feet, or 21.9 cubic feet per capita. (See 

 table 2.) The per capita increase in 1924 and 1930 is explained by the 

 increase in pulpwood. According to another estimate, the per capita 

 consumption in 1928-29 was the same as in 1913, or 20.8 cubic feet. 



TABLE 2. Consumption of timber in Great Britain (equivalent in standing timber) 



The rate of population increase is now only one third of the rate 

 between 1882 and 1908. The population is leveling out and the 

 industrial expansion of the past may not be continued in the immedi- 

 ate future. The resumption of normal purchasing power is sure to 

 create a demand for repairs and new buildings now deferred. An 

 increased use of wood pulp may be expected. British forestry officials 

 state that, considering the needs of the country as a whole, they 

 look for no decrease insofar as future wants can now be foreseen. 

 Home production is expected to remain relatively unimportant, and 

 imports will probably continue at about the same level as in recent 

 normal years. 



GERMANY 



In Germany the per capita consumption of timber doubled between 

 1870 and 1913, and the per capita consumption of paper during the 

 same period increased three and one half times. The peak of per 

 capita consumption of all timber, including firewood, was reached 

 between 1907 and 1913, when it amounted to 37.8 cubic feet in terms 

 of round timber. For the period 1925-28 the average consumption 

 was about 10 percent less, or 34.2 cubic feet. This decrease was 

 due mostly to reduced use of firewood, which decreased from 16.1 

 cubic feet. per capita in 1907-13 to 13.8 cubic feet in 1925-28. The 

 total consumption, in terms of round timber, rose from 2,021 million 

 cubic feet in 1900 to 2,503 million cubic feet in 1913. In 1925-28 

 the average consumption was only 2,180 million cubic feet, but the 

 population was approximately 3 million less than in 1913. 



The net imports of timber in 1913 were almost five times larger 

 than in 1870, and in 1927 they were larger than in 1913. Germany 

 imports chiefly round timber. With the present reduced consump- 

 tion and low prices, the large imports of round timber, which include 

 pulpwood, from Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Russia are now 



