FORESTRY OF JAPAN. y$- 



animal skins, vegetables of natural growth etc. 



Section III. Wood Technology. 



The industries connected with forestry are various hr 

 Japan and the products are not trifling, but there are few 

 companies which worked on a large scale with abundant funds, 

 and the industry is left to individual enterprise of those who 

 are working on a small scale with small capital. 



Charcoal Manufacture: This is industry undertaken in- 

 almost every part of the country and there is. almost no forest 

 of broad-leaved trees where charcoal manufacture is not being- 

 carried on. Japan has indeed made a special development 

 in this industry. The "Bincho" of Kumano districts of Kif, 

 "Sakura charcoal" of Shimo-zusa province, and 'Tkeda char- 

 coal" of Settsu province are charcoals well known from olden 

 times. During recent years coal has come to be greatly used 

 as a substitute thereof, but nevertheless there are extensive 

 demands for charcoal and for certain industrial purpose the 

 demand for charcoal is still increasing. The product in 1907 

 was '237,229,300 kiuan and valued at 1 5,869,400 yen. The 

 manufacture of acetate of lime is now making a great develop- 

 ment but they are mostly by-products of the charcoal industry. 

 With the development of various industries, the demand 

 of sawn timber has greatly increased and saw mills have been 

 established in various places. The establishment of many 

 saw mills has helped on the business transaction in timber, 

 at least it has worked to bring about the unity in the size of 

 timber, and consequently there is a great saving of freight andl 



