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circumstances, no pronounced lack of ‘timber has as 
yet occurred. 
The pressure of this demand is, however, increasing 
and becoming more widespread year by year. Export- 
ing countries have relapsed, or are on their way to 
become importing countries, and there is, consequently, 
a continuously increasing drain, with no corresponding 
augmentation in the estimated supplies. 
The position in regard to Europe, as shown from 
statistics that cover an average of five years, and which 
are given on the authority of Sir William Schlich, is 
that only five countries on the Continent exported 
timber namely— 
Tons 
Roumania . i ‘i F 60,000 
Norway F ‘i . 1,040,000 
Austria-Hungary ‘ . 3,670,009 
Sweden. ‘ P a . 4,460,000 
Russia and Finland . . 5,900,000 
While thirteen others imported— 
Great Britain . r 9,290,000 
Germany 4,600,000 
France . 1,230,000 
Belgium : 1,020,000 
Denmark i 470,000 
Italy 5 * 420,000 
Spain , 210,000 
Holland . 180,000 
Switzerland é 170,000 
Portugal ; : 60,000 
Bulgaria z 50,000 
Greece ‘ £ ‘ 35,000 
Servia i g . 15,000 
These figures giving a net import into Europe of 
2,620,000 tons. 
Other countries in all parts of the world-are also 
more or less importers, a few having a total absence of 
native supplies; others, while exporting some varieties, 
import others in greater quantities—principally timbers 
