INTRODUCTION 3 
Italy has 10,110,000 acres afforested 14 per cent. of the total 
Turkey » 6,180,000 _,, ” ey ” 
G. Britain ,, 3,030,000 ,, 5 4 * i 5 
Switzerland ,, 2,100,000 _,, ~ 20 45 ws i 
Greece . 2,030,000 ,, 3 16 i ne - 
Portugal ” 777,000 ,, ” 3 on % 
Belgium ” 250,000 _,, ” Fos ” 
Holland 570,000 ,, Mi a es is 
Denmark __,, 600,000 _,, » 6 oo» ” 
Bulgaria and 
Herzegovina,, 10,650,000 _,, a 45 ‘5 A a 
Bosnia wi 6,790,000 ,, Y 53 na « . 
Servia ” 2,390,000 _,, 2 20 a fe 4 
Roumania ,, 5,030,000 _,, 0 17 a a 
As to other countries in the Eastern hemisphere, 
the Siberian portions of Russian territory are known to 
be well afforested; Japan and Manchuria have also 
considerable resources, but little is known in regard to 
China. About a twelfth of the total area of India is 
under woodland, and estimates of the area on which 
marketable timber is growing in Australia give a total 
of over 1,000,000 acres. Little is known in a positive 
way in regard to the timber resources of the great 
Continent of Africa, but extensive forests certainly 
exist in the central portion and along the Northern 
districts, principally in Algiers, where about 5,000,000 
acres of forests are known to be under French control. 
In the Western hemisphere Canada has large 
resources, but with the steady and rapid development 
of the country enormous inroads are being made on 
her supply, and unfortunately with no corresponding 
replacement on a commensurate scale. British 
Columbia is also a heavily-wooded country; but, for- 
tunately perhaps, has not been exploited to the same 
extent, the long voyage round Cape Horn, which was 
necessary to bring the timber to European markets, 
retarding its shipment ; doubtless, on the opening of the 
Panama Canal, a rapid development in the exploitation 
of wood from this country will soon be made. 
