FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



7. What is the quantity of timber which might 

 fairly be cut every year without permanent injury to 

 the forests ? 



8. What is the quantity actually cut every year? 



9. What is the proportion for home consumption 

 and for export ? 



10. What have been the annual exports of each kind 

 of timber during the last 10 years ; stating the propor- 

 tions to each country, and the value of such exports ? 



1 1. What are the reasons for or causes of the increase 

 or diminution of quantity or value in the exports ? 



12. (If it be so), what are the causes of the small 

 exportations in comparison with the capability of 

 production ? 



13. Have any observations been made or con- 

 clusions arrived at as to the climatic influence of 

 forests or the effect of their clearance on the rainfall, 

 floods, &c. ? 



14. Forward any reports made by departments or 

 societies, or any Acts of Legislature bearing on the 

 subject. 



A like endeavour to that made in June, 1874, by the 

 Colonial Office was made in the same year by the 

 Foreign Office, through Her Majesty's Representatives 

 abroad, towards the collection of information on the 

 production and consumption of timber in foreign 

 countries. The result was compiled in Command 

 Paper C. 1161 of 1875. 



So far as the West African British Possessions, 



