CHAPTER VI 



THE world's timber RESOURCES 



To obtain reliable data of the world's timber 

 resources at the present time is an almost 

 impossible task. We have derived most of our 

 information on the subject from the reports of 

 the Forestry Commission of Victoria, Australia, 

 and we must express our indebtedness to the 

 Agent General of that Colony for the informa- 

 tion he has so generously supplied. 



Great Britain. Forestry in this country has 

 always been neglected ; in the care of her 

 national forests Britain falls far behind many 

 of the continental countries. The area of forest 

 land is approximately 2,695,000 acres, or about 

 four per cent of the whole country, a small 

 percentage compared with France and Germany. 

 " Her (Britain's) climate, however, is mainly 

 determined by her exposed insular situation, the 

 currents of moist air which sweep across the 

 country from the surrounding ocean affording 

 an ample rainfall, extending over the greater 



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