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PAPER MAKING IN JAPAN 



BY J. KOBAYASHI, 

 MANAGER, WOODS DEPARTMENT, OJI PAPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



forests of Japan are one of her most important land, 10,480,000 acres; private forest land, 21,910,000 

 and valuable resources. Owing to her geographical acres, or a total of 54,620,000 acres. The demand for 

 location, and the fact that Japan is narrow and timber has increased considerably recently owing to the 



prosperity of native industries, 

 but afforestation is not following 

 as it should. It is said that three 

 times as much is being cut as is 

 being planted. The National 

 and Crown Forests are well 

 treated and reforested under the 

 management of the Forest Ser- 

 vices of the Agriculture Depart- 

 ment and the Imperial House- 

 hold Department but the cutting 

 on the remaining forest areas is 

 heavy and reforestation scant. 



Much is being done in Japan 

 to encourage conservation and 

 reforestation and the Govern- 

 ment and forestry associations 

 are endeavoring to bring to the 

 people a knowledge and realiza- 

 tion of the conditions which must 

 be met. Japan has now three 

 Imperial universities, four acade- 

 mies and several lower class 



THE TOMAKOMAI MILL OF THE OJI COMPANY AT HOKKAIDO. THIS IS THE LARGEST PAPER schools of forestry'. The Forest 

 MILL IN JAPAN, PRODUCING EIGHTY THOUSAND TONS OK NEWSPRINT PAPER A YEAR . 



\ND USING ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND CORDS OF PULP WOOD hCnOOl Ot i OkyO Imperial Uni- 



long, running from north to 

 south, she contains within her 

 boundaries forest zones ranging 

 from subtropic to cold temper- 

 ate. Her comparatively ) moist 

 climate is also propitious to for- 

 est growth and the most impor- 

 tant species found are cedar 

 (crytomeria Japonica, Don.), 

 pines (Pinus densiflora S. et Z.; 

 T hunber g i i , Pari. ) , cypress 

 ( Chamaecyparis obtusa, S. cl 

 Z.), spruce (Picca aganensis,. 

 Pish.), fir (Abies saclialincnsis. 

 Mast.), oak (Qucrcus yrossoscr- 

 rala, /?/.), keyaki (Zelkozva scr- 

 rata, Mak.) and camphor (Cin- 

 namoniutn Camphor a, Nus. cl 

 Eberm). 



The ownership of forest lands 

 in Japan lies as follows : 



National forest land, 18,820,- 

 000 acres ; crown forest land, 

 3,410,000 acres; public forest 



320 



ON THE WAY TO BE MADE INTO PAPER. THIS BIG DRIVE WILL BE CONSUMED 

 MILLS OF THE OJI COMPANY AND MADE INTO PAPERS OF VARIOUS HIGH AND LOW 



BY THE 

 GRADES 



