FOREST POLICY. 



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is crown forest) ; in Siberia (.763,000,000 acres of crown forest have 

 been surveyed so far — and surveying is not completed); in Canada, 

 which commands a gigantic unknown acreage of woodlands in its 

 western vastness. 



There seems acreage enough! As a matter of fact, however, the 

 stand of timber, per acre, in these cold countries, is very poor; a 

 large share of the woodlands consists of unproductive swamps; the 

 transportation of timber must be by rail, the rivers generally empty- 

 ing northward into the ice-sea; no wonder, then, that the commer- 

 cial timber production in Russia, Siberia, and Canada will encounter 

 excessively high expenses. 



There is approaching, undoubtedly, a famine of good, cheap and 

 soft lumber. 



TABLE No. 14. 



Showing Excess Imports and Excess Exports of Timber for Various 

 Countries in Million (long) Tons. 



