NATIONAL AFFORESTATION 



$10,000,000, and wood pulp about $25,000,000. 

 The balance is made up of rattan, reeds, etc. 

 " Our exports show a total of lumber 

 proper just about equal to that of our imports, 

 so the main gain of imports over exports is in 

 the pulp wood and wood pulp, though we 

 export some wood pulp too. The fact that 

 we do import even to-day lumber proper in 

 an amount equal to, and promising to exceed, 

 our exports is significant as possibly marking 

 the beginning of a new era in our relation to 

 the outside world in the matter of timber 

 products. All authorities agree that at the 

 rate we have been going for a number of years 

 we will eventually reach the point where there 

 will not be enough timber stumpage to supply 

 domestic needs, unless the needs are cut down 

 or some way is discovered to make the stump- 

 age go much farther. Our present import and 

 export figures point towards the conclusion 

 that we have already reached the point where 

 we will need to import more than we export, 

 which would make us a timber-buying rather 

 than a timber-selling country. 



