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The above data represent squared and sawn timber, and the 

 quantity is equivalent to 40,318,050 cubic feet in the round. In 

 addition about 39,100,000 cubic feet of firewood and mining 

 timber were used, making a grand total of about 80,000,000 cubic 

 feet. It would thus appear that utilization considerably exceeds 

 the increment. 



7. Forest Industries. 



It is estimated that 8,027 people are occupied in forest work, 

 but that number does not include persons working in minor 

 industries which employ less than 4 persons each. 



8. Exports and Imports. 



The following data represent the average of the 11 years 1909 

 to 1919 :— 



Cubic Feet. Value £. 



Exports . . 9,066,450 .. 689,104 



Imports . . 911,050 .. 97,803 



Excess of 



Exports . 8,155,400 .. 591,301 



9. Summary and Outlook. 

 Timber only : 



Cubic Feet. 



Utilization .... 13,439,350 



Less Exports .... 9,066,450 



4,372,900 

 Plus Imports .... 911,050 



Total Home Consumption . 5,283,950 



These data represent the timber in a worked-up condition, that 

 is to say, sawn, or at any rate, squared. According to the state- 

 ment of the local authorities the home consumption must be 

 multiplied b}'^ three to represent it as timber in the round, makin" 

 it 15,851,850 cubic feet. It follows that the home consumption 

 exceeds the annual increment as estimated by the local authorities 

 by about 2,536,850, quite apart from the excess of exports over 

 imports. 

 There seems to be no doubt that, with the present .ethod of 



