THE UTILITY OF FORESTS. 



Import of Fore.st Produce into the United Kingdom in 1913. 



It will be observed that the value of imported timber and pulp 

 wood amounted to 42 million pounds sterling, and that of other 

 produce to 27 milHons, making a total of 69 millions. 



The value of timber used in Europe before the war amounted 

 to more than £200,000,000 annually, and it is more than double 

 that sum now. The quantity of timber consumed in various 

 countries differs very much. Before the war, the annual con- 

 sumption per head of population amounted in France to 7 cubic 

 feet, in Belgium to 12, in the United Kingdom to 14, and in 

 Germany to 18 cubic feet. On the whole it may be said that in 

 western and central Europe the consumption of timber depends 

 on the degree of industrial development. 



