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FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



Grand Total 

 Descriptions, Hokkaido. Formosa. Karafuto. and (Average). 



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S Tvild knds) and GUya \ 4.728,6 4 S.S 2,903,963,0 3,000,000.0 18,219.947.1 



Remarks : 1. This table shows the entire area of Japan (exclusive of Karafuto) 

 by the 24th statistics of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce 

 (published in March, 1909.) while the number of population in Honshu, 

 Shikoku and Kyushu is taken from the 2Sth statistics of the Empire of 

 Japan (published in December, 1909.) 



2. Islands of Sado, Awaji, Oki, and the Izu islands are included in 

 Honshu, and Iki and Tsushima in Kyushu. 



3. The area of the forests worked by percentage system is included in 

 the area of State forests. 



4. The area of forests and the total population in Formosa ; the entire area, 

 the forests area., and the total population in Karafuto are infered from the 

 special investigation made by the Bureau of Forestry in 1908. 



The above table shows that the ratio of forests against the 

 total area of land in Karafuto is <Si%, that in Formosa 80%, 

 that in Honshu 71%, that in Hokkaido 6$% while Kyushu 



