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FORESTRY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



10. Exports and Imports. 



The several parts of tlie Empire can be arranged into two classes 

 according to whether there is a net import or a net export. To 

 the former belong the United Kingdom, British India, Australia, 

 South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, the Malay States, British 

 Guiana, and several of the smaller countries. To the net- 

 exporting countries belong Canada, Newfoundland, the Gold 

 Coast, Nigeria and British Honduras. The available data may 

 be arranged as follows in million cubic feet : — 



Net Imports : 217,730,000 cubic feet. 



11. Income and Expenditure of the State Forests. 



The results differ enormously according to the special conditions 

 of each part of the Empire. There is a surplus of income over 

 expenditure in some cases and a deficit in others. It has not been 

 possible to prepare a general abstract for all parts of the Empire, 

 but, as an example of the effects of systematic management on the 

 principle of a sustained yield during the last 50 years, the case of 

 India may be given. The Department was organised in 1864 

 and the following figures show the average annual results of 

 periods of 5 years : — 



