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PART II. 



FORESTRY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



A. GENEEAL SUMMARY. 



The British Empire comprises approximately the following area 

 and population : — 



It consists of the United Kingdom, India, the self-governing 

 Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland, the Union of South 

 Africa, the Commonwealth of AustraUa, the Dominion of New 

 Zealand, and the following Crown Colonies and Protectorates : 

 In Europe, 2 ; Asia, 10 ; Africa, 19 ; America, 11 ; and in 

 Australasia, 3. 



In this mighty Empire all sorts of conditions are met with. 

 All shades of climate are represented, from eternal ice and snow 

 to the highest tropical heat ; the rainfall ranges from absolute 

 aridity to over 500 inches a year ; extensive low lands and plains 

 alternate with mountainous regions rising to the greatest elevation 

 on the face of the earth. Many parts of the Empire are densely 

 populated, while others contain few inhabitants, or none at all. 

 It is evidently impossible to deal with the forest question of such 

 an Empire in a wholesale fashion ; that question must be studied 

 and decided for each part of the Empire separately in the light of 

 local conditions and requirements, but also with due consideration 

 of the Empire as a whole. To do justice to the task a detailed 

 knowledge of the conditions in all parts of the Empire is required. 



