14 THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTRY. 



But what about the non-European countries ? The following 

 table will illustrate the position of affairs : 



NET IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. 



Net Imports. Net Exports. 

 Country. Tons. Tons. 



South America 330,000 



Egypt 200,000 



Australasia 160,000 



Cape of Good Hope 150,000 



Natal 50,000 



China 50,000 



Mauritius 20,000 



Ceylon 10,000 



Japan 5,000 



"West India, Mexico, Honduras, 



etc i. 13,000 



West Coast of Africa 28,000 



India 55,000 



United States of America ... 1,020,000 



Dominion of Canada and New- 

 foundland 2,144,000 



Total 975,000 3,260,000 



Net export of non-European 



countries 2,285,000 



The total net exports very nearly balance the net imports 

 of European countries ; the small difference could not be 

 traced. It will be observed that the only exporting countries 

 of importance are the United States of America and Canada. 



Australasia has as yet large stores of timber, which consist, 

 however, chiefly of hardwoods. A certain quantity of it is 

 exported, but she imports so much pine and fir that a balance 

 is shown against her. 



The United States are working with a heavy deficit as 

 compared with production, so that they have, in steadily 

 increasing quantities, to draw on Canada. The gravity of 



