ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF PAPER IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, 1932-34 



Consumption 

 per capita 



Country: {pounds) 



United States 121 



Canada 71 



England 75 



Sweden 54 



Germany 54 



Denmark 68 



Norway 40 



Hungary 18 



Italy 20 



Japan 15 



Argentina 39 



Soviet Union 7 



Data from La Foret, Le Papier, Le Journal, Paris, 1936. 



Table 7. — Average number of fires by cause, national forests, State, and -private lands (^protected 



only), 1933-37 



Cause 



Number 



Percent 



Cause 



Number 



Percent 





16,282 

 5,813 

 2,901 

 4,175 

 9,126 



16, 487 



24.4 



8.7 

 4.3 

 6.3 

 13.7 

 24.7 





1,207 

 5,964 

 4,797 



1.8 



Lightning . 



Miscellaneous. .. ._ 



8.9 







7.2 



Campers 





91.3 







66, 752 





Incendiary 











1 The figure given here assumes that all fires starting from miscellaneous or unknown causes were the 

 result of human activities. 



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