EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 



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The annual utilization is given as : — 



Saw timber . . 898,769,457 cubic feet. 



Pulpwood . . 208,118,542 



Total . . 1,106,887,999 

 The utilization seems to be considerably more than the net 

 increment and thus reveal a serious position. 



7. Exports and Imports. 

 The average annual figures for the period 1910 to 1914 are : — 



Exports : Quantity, Cubic Feet. Value, £. 



Sawn timber . . 356,689,402 .. 6,153,096 



Pulpwood . . . 102,933,337 



Total . 

 Imports : 

 Sawn lumber 



459,622,739 

 99,070,912 



Excess of Exports . 360,551 ,827 



1,282,498 

 7,435,594 



2,120,723 

 5,314,871 



8. Forest Industries. 

 Only lumbering and pulp manufacture are mentioned by the 

 Director of Forestry, the figures given being : — 



Timber Consumed, 

 Cubic Feet. 



Lumbering. . 898,769,457 



Pulp manufacture 100,580,107 



Total 



. 999,349,564 



Value of 

 Produce, £. 



13,958,789 

 2,629,118 



16,587,907 



Persons 

 Employed. 



34,789 

 15,308 



50,097 



SECTION III.— SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK. 



In the subjoined statement a balance is drawn between produc- 

 tion, loss, imports, exports and home consumption, in miUion 

 cubic feet : — 



