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FORESTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



It will be observed that the following countries import timber 

 (net) : Great Britain and Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium, 

 Denmark, Italy, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Portugal, 

 Bulgaria, Greece and Servia. The exporting countries are : 

 Eoumania, Norway, Austria-Hungary, Sweden and Eussia 

 If we draw the balance for the whole of Europe, we find an 

 annual deficiency of 2,620,000 tons. For a good many years 

 past, Europe has not been able to supply, from within its own 

 limits, the timber required by the several nations. It may be 

 added that the deficiency is increasing. The total annual 



