FORESTRY. 23 



Three-quarters of the Natal forests have been alien- 

 ated, and of the 40,000 remaining one-third is on Native 

 locations. For the forests of Zululand 50,000 acres is 

 merely a very rough estimate. 



Swaziland : Acres. 



Numerous small detached areas, say .. .. 1,000 



Transvaal : 



Demarcated (1905) 14,000 



The total area of Government forest is probably 



about . . . . . . . . . . 20,000 



Total Forest area of South Africa . . . . 640,902 



Excluding the very poorly-stocked Cedar Forests 



there remains of Indigenous Yellowwood Forest 524,408 



With the exception of Cape Colony, Forestry in the various 

 South African States dates only from the reconstruction following 

 the war : and it is only in the Transvaal that there is, as yet, any 

 notable forest expenditure. 



In Cape Colony systematic Forestry has been practised for 

 nearly a quarter of a century, during which time over a million 

 (1,000,000) has been spent in the formation and conservation of 

 the forest estates, reckoning interest at 3j per cent. The value 

 of the Cape Forests is estimated now at about two millions 

 (2,000,000). 



The average value of the timber imported to Cape Colony is 

 estimated at 450,000 yearly, and the total South African timber 

 bill at i^ millions (1,500,000) yearly. 



