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THE FORESTER. 



September, 



ference to be noted : Spain charged more 

 than 90 per cent, of the revenue receipts 

 for service and materials. Under the 

 present Bureau only 26 per cent, of' the 

 revenues go for service and materials. 

 Spain on an average issued 1,000 licenses 

 per year while the United States has about 

 500 licensees operating. 



" As to the question of markets, at pres- 

 ent every stick of timber cut is sold in 

 Manila. People in other provinces are 

 unable to get timber owing to the high 

 prices paid by consumers in Manila ; but 

 in a year or two people in other provinces 

 will begin to build and when they are 



at a figure to compete favorably with the 

 hardwoods of Central and South America. 

 In, say, from five to ten years the Philip- 

 pines will be able to supply the entire de- 

 mand of the archipelago, and a great deal 

 of Oriental trade, especially at Hong 

 Kong and other Chinese ports. China 

 will certainly be the best market. 



"A great deal of building is going on 

 in Manila, and better houses are being 

 erected since the arrival of the Americans. 

 Many towns were burned during the war, 

 and the people have been unable to re- 

 build them owing to the lack of material. 



" Present methods of lumbering are en- 



NATIVE METHOD OF SAWING TIMBER. THB NATIVES FIND THIS PRIMITIVE METHOD OF SAW-' 

 ING PROFITABLE EVEN WHEN COMPETING WITH A STEAM SAWMILL- 



somewhat satisfied, builders in Hong Kong 

 and other Oriental ports may secure a few 

 cargoes. Engineers at Hong Kong were 

 informed last December that it would be 

 three years before they could receive any 

 timber from the Philippines. 



" The United States will receive only a 

 few of the high grade cabinet woods 

 which can be delivered in San Francisco, 



tirely too primitive. The Spaniards and 

 Filipinos do the bulk of the cutting, 

 very few Americans being engaged. The 

 natives are poor lumbermen and in com- 

 parison with the Americans as workmen 

 are greatly outclassed, one American be- 

 ing as useful as half a dozen Filipinos. 



" In lumbering operations in the Philip- 

 pines the question of transportation is the 







