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limits, the timber required by the several nations. I may add, 

 that the deficiency is increasing. The total annual increase 

 in net imports of all European countries of late years 

 amounted to 600,000 tons. If the same rate of increase 



NET IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. 

 (A re ray e Data, calculated from the Returns of Fire Years.) 



Imports. Exports. 



Country. Tons. Tons. 



Great Britain and Ireland ... 9,290,000 



Germany 4,600,000 



France ... ... 1,230,000 



Belgium ... ... 1,020,000 



Denmark 470,000 



Italy ... ... 420,000 



Spain 210,000 



Holland 180,000 



Switzerland 170,000 



Portugal 60,000 



Bulgaria 50,000 



Greece 35,000 



Servia ... 15,000 



Roumania 60,000 



Norway 1,040,000 



Austria-Hungary 3,670,000 



Sweden 4,460,000 



Russia, with Finland ... 5,900,000 



Total ... 17,750,000 15,130,000 



Net imports into Europe ... 2,620,000 



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lasts for another 10 years, and there is every sign of it, an 

 additional 6 million tons a year will be required. 



But it will be said, why not work the forests in the exporting 

 countries more heavily? In reply, it must be pointed out 



