18 MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



Norway 12, in Austria-Hungary 12, in Sweden 27, in Ger- 

 many 33, and in Russia 61. The area under forest per head 

 of population is 



In the United Kingdom . . . O'l acres. 



In France ...... 0'6 ,, 



In Germany ..... 0'7 ,, 



In Austria-Hungary . . . . I'l ,, 



In liussia ...... 5'9 ,, 



In Norway ..... 8'4 ,, 



In Sweden . . . . . 8'9 ,, 



Considering all these matters, I believe I am justified in 

 saying that an effort must be made to increase the area under 

 timber in this country. Even apart from the 9^ million 

 acres of so-called other lands, about which it is difficult to 

 obtain detailed information, we have over 15 million acres of 

 mountain and heath land to select from. A large proportion 

 of these lands are used for light grazing and as shooting grounds, 

 but I am satisfied that their average rental value is not more 

 than a shilling an acre. Even the best of them rarely give 

 more than half-a-crown, while there are millions of acres in 

 Scotland and Ireland which give only a few pence a year 

 per acre, or nothing at all. I hope to show further on 

 that a large proportion of these lands could be made more 

 remunerative than they are at present, even allowing com- 

 pound interest, at a reasonable rate, on all outlay. 



2. Climate and Soil. 



It is sometimes said that it is all very well to urge extended 

 forestry in the United Kingdom, but that home-grown timber 

 is of a quality inferior to that of the timber now imported from 

 abroad. This is to a very large extent a fallacy. The late 

 Forestry Committee had abundant evidence that we can, and 

 do, produce timber of a quality at least equal to that imported 

 in the case of oak, ash, and larch. As regards Scotch pine and 



