521 
(Java, £12-£19) (C. Leary & Co., Indian Forester, xli. May, 1915, 
p. xlii). The price for selected Indian Teak, Ist quality on the 
Calcutta Market May, 1915, was Rs. 160-Rs. 170 per ton (Le. 
p. xlv.). 
The returns in * Loads ’’ [50 cubic ft.] for the five years 1909-13 
imported into the United Kingdom were 1909— 33,857, value 
£906,601; 1912— 50,950, value £857,794 ;and in 1913—47,772, 
value £879,254, chiefly from Java, Siam, and British India (Trade 
205). 
Forest Reserves (see p. 40)in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria. 
An experimental plantation at Oloke-Meji, covering 43 acres in 
1910 (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 695, 1911, p. 11; Thompson, Ann. Rep. 
Forestry Dept. S. Nig. 1911, p. 9) had proved so successful as to 
3j years old, and 47-5 ft. high, girth 37 in. to 51 ft. high, girth 
42°75 in. in trees 81 years old, and the average girth of trees 21 years 
old in the Mamu Reserve was 8-8 in. ompson, l.c. p. 6). Seeds 
obtained from India, Burma and Togoland were being grown. 
The tree in Togoland is grown more or less in association with 
i (Khaya senegalensis, etc., see pp- 152-155, 
Afzelia africana (p.272), ** Sasswood ” (Erythrophloeum guine 
x 212. FE 
planted (Indien Forester, xvii. 1891, p- 448) 
tobacco, tapioca (Cassava), maize, ground- 
nuts, ete, (Indian Forester, xviii. 1892, p- 285) growing in the 
early stages, the cost of clearing and planting the teak trees béing 
ratory to felling and logging; this facili 
ater, but it has been found in Burma tha 
3 ' no difference in the strength of the timber 
Seasoned standing, and when felled and seasoned in the log, nor is 
trees and leave them standing for about 
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