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must be determined on the special circumstances of each country. By way of 

 illustration the areas at present under forest in a number of countries are shown 

 in the following table: 



The percentage of forest area varies from 48 to 4, and the area per head of 

 population from 9.9 to .1 acres. This shows that the general conditions in the 

 various countries must make different demands in respect of afforestation. Servia 

 Russia, Sweden and Norway may as yet have more forests than they require for 

 their own population. On the other hand Great Britain and Ireland, Portugal 

 Denmark, Holland, Belgium, and even France and Italy have a smaller forest 



