OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE SUPPLIES OF TIMBER 139 
of coniferous growth for building purposes; among 
those who entirely import are— 
Tons 
Egypt ‘ ; 200,000 
Cape of Good Hope : : . 150,000 
Natal ‘ ; : 50,000 
Mauritius 5 : : p 20,000 
China ‘ . : . 50,000 
While among those that export some varieties, but 
import others in larger quantities, are— 
Tons 
South America . ‘ 3 ti 330,000 
Australia ‘ i . r 160,000 
‘Ceylon . < , : : 10,000 
Japan ‘ ¢ ‘ é 5,000 
The following countries export entirely, or their 
exports are in large excess of their imports— 
Tons 
West Indies, Mexico, Honduras, etc. 13,000 
West Coast of Africa, P ‘ 28,000 
India F é ‘ a 55,000 
United States . 1,020,000 
Canada and Newfoundland . 2,144,000 
It may be gathered from these few statistics that 
there is a constant drain upon timber resources in 
progress in all parts of the world. 
Areas of forest lands in close proximity to ports of 
shipment have long since been exhausted, and further 
and still further afield the exploiter has to go to obtain 
his supplies, the cost of extracting these growing with 
the extended radius. Values have consequently been 
on the up-grade for many years past, data showing that 
in the United Kingdom, in the period between 1550-1750, 
the cost of timber quadrupled, and has since shown a 
continuous and progressive advance. In the whole of 
Europe statistics reveal that between 1894-1902 values 
appreciated no less than 20 per cent., and that in Russia, 
