LAND AVAILABLE FOR AFFORESTATION. 



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5. Conclusions. 



On the whole, then, the following conchisions seem 

 justified : — 



1. We require enormous and ever-increasing quantities 



of timber. 



2. Prices are likely to be higher in the future than they 



were in the i^ast. 



3. Supplies from outside rest on a very unsafe basis. 



4. An increase of the woodlands in this country, if brought 



about by the afforestation of surplus land, will keep 

 a large amount of money in the country, lead to 

 an increased demand for labour in the establishment 

 and management of such woodlands, and it is likely to 

 cause the development of additional industries which 

 use wood as their raw material. 



Section II. — Measures to be taken in the United 



KlNGDO-^r. 



1. LcDid available for Afforestation. 



The land in the United Kingdom, excluding water, is at 

 present used as follows : — 



Utilisation of the Land in thk United Kingdom. 



