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forests the necessary information is available only for those 

 classified as set aside for timber productions. It is as follows : — 



Area of Timber forests in square miles . 126,309 



Increment per square mile 

 Total Increment, rounded ofi 

 Loss by fire, waste, decay, &c. 



Net Increment 



9,600 cubic ft. 



1,213,000,000 „ „ 



36,000,000 „ ,, 



1,177,000,000 



5. Annual Exports and Imports of Timber. 



The average annual exports and imports during the 5 years, 

 1914-1919, are given as follows : — 



Excess of Imports over Exports 2,725,300 . . 235,958 



6. Home Consumption of Timber, 



A large proportion of the wood consumed in India comes from 

 the private, and from wliat has been given above as " Other State 

 Forests." No data are available regarding the quantities 

 obtained from these sources. The material is mostly small, and 

 the stocks in the private forests, at any rate, are somewhat 

 rapidly diminishing. 



It has been shown above that the increment of the 126,309 



