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FORESTRY IN THE CROWN COLONIES. 



8. Increment and Utilization. 



Of the increment only an estimate can be given, based on tbe 

 measurement of some sample areas ; it is as follows : — 



Cubic Feet. 



Increment on 5,000 square miles of State 



forests, Timber 8,239,000 



Loss by fire, decay, waste, &c. . . . 7,626,890 



Net Increment 



612,110 



Very large quantities of fuel are produced, the figure for which 

 cannot be given. 



The Annual Utilization is stated to be as follows : — 

 Timber from State Forests : 



The minor produce consists of numerous articles, such as tanning 

 bark, gallnuts, mirobolans, the fruit of Strychnos nux-vomica, 

 honey, &c. Figures for oils, gums, fibres, dye-woods, &c., are not 

 available. 



9. Forest Industries. 



The largest industry is the manufacture of tea and rubber 

 chests, in which about 300,000 cubic feet of timber are used 

 annually. The work is done chiefly by village carpenters ; as 

 they are time workers it is difficult to reduce them to full-time 

 workers. Basket making and cane weaving employ a large 

 number of people, and so do furniture making, coopering, boat 

 building. The collection of minor produce employs about 

 1 ,000 people. 



