170 TIMBER SUPPLIES AND THE WAR 



An analysis of the abov.e six divisions of the imports 

 of wood and timber into this country brings into 

 prominence several important and interesting features. 

 The first four, involving a sum of £34,325,000, comprise 

 materials obtained from coniferous species and oak, 

 all of which can be grown in this country. For the 

 manufactured articles in division five both conifers 

 and hardwoods are employed, the sixth division being 

 confined to purely foreign exotic timbers. A second 

 point is the steady rise in the imports under all the 

 divisions during the past four years, the increase for 

 1913 over 1909 being nearly £12,000,000. From the 

 above rough classification it can be seen that the pinch 

 is likely to be early felt in the imports of pitwood, 

 wood pulp, and building timbers. It will be useful, 

 therefore, to tabulate the amounts of materials in our 

 divisions coming from the various countries. These 

 latter may be divided into three distinct categories 

 of States : (I.) European ; (II.) Non-European States 

 and Foreign Colonies; (III.) British Possessions, 

 including Protectorates. 



