THE FOREST EESOTJRCES OF THE WORLD. 



Table 1. — Extent of forests in European countries — Continued. 



Country. 



Total forest 

 area. 



Forest 

 area per 

 capita. 



Land area 

 under 

 forest. 



Sweden 



Germany... 



France 



Norway 



Spain 



Italy 



Bulgaria 



Roumania. . 

 British Isles 

 Switzerland 



Greece 



Belgium 



Portugal . . . 

 Denmark. . . 

 Holland.... 

 Servia 



Acres. 



49, 390, 325 



34, 989, 675 



24,021,587 



16, 848, 000 



(?)i6,065,C00 



10,115,404 



7,602,815 



6,367,000 



3,030,000 



2, 140, 012 



2, 023, 380 



1,303.736 



1,236,600 



603,575 



563,072 



3, 864, 774 



Acres. 



9.7 

 .62 

 .61 



7.00 

 .88 

 .31 



2.4 



1.08 

 .10 

 .67 

 .83 

 .2 

 .23 

 .25 

 .1 



1.55 



Per cent. 



48.6 



25.89 



18.5 



21.00 



13.00 



14.28 



30.00 



18.00 



4.00 



20.6 



(o) 



17.7 



5.0 



6.3 



7.0 



32.0 



•50,112,821 



a Less than 13 per cent. 

 IN NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. 



The forests of other countries of the Old and New Worlds, except 

 in .a few localities, are little explored, either as to quantity or quality 

 of the timber. In Asia, the possessions of Russia, British India, and 

 Japan lead in amount of forests. The following table shows the 

 extent of the forest area in the continents outside of Europe in the 

 Old and New Worlds: 



Table 2. — Extent of forests in countries outside of Europe. 



Country. 



Forest area. 



Forest 

 area per 

 capita. 



Land area 

 under 

 forest. 



Asia: 



Asiatic Russia . 



Acres. 



348,030,000 



149,000.000 



6,762,880 



57,718,410 



49,000,000 



101,560 



88, .320 



448,000 



126,720,000 

 4,920,000 

 1,224,992 



640,502 



87,680 



25,000,000 



9,526,865 



224,000,000 



528,000,000 



42,668,800 



799,360,000 

 25,000,000 

 107,000,000 

 545,000,000 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



India (Schlich) 



0.6 



24 







Japan ." . 













Malay States 







Straits Settlements 













Australasia: 





19.8 



Java . 







Hawaiian Island'^ 







Africa: 



Cape Colony, Natal, Swaziland, and Transvaal J . . 







Mauritius 







Madagascar 





19.0 



Barbary S tates 







Centra] Africa 



• 





South America (tropic) 



West Indies 









66.6 



North America: 



Canada 





38.0 



Mexico ■ 



' 1.8 



5.1 



Alaska . ... 





United States .' 





29.0 









Total 



3,050,298,009 













