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THE FOREST KESOUECES OF THE WORLD. 



WOOD PRICES. 



In upper and lower Austria, Styria, and Silesia the following 

 prices prevail; the prices are per cubic foot at the place of cutting 

 in the woods, but include the cost of transportation to the point 

 of shipment along the road: 



Average price of soft woods (in logs) per cubic foot. 



1848 

 1870 

 1897 



Cents. 

 2.35 

 4.70 

 6.39 



Average price of cord wood per cord. 





1848. 



1870. 



1897. 



Hard woods 



SI. 90 

 1.42 



S3. 27 

 2.42 



S4. 63 





3.41 







In Bohemia and Moravia the following average prices prevail for 

 timber per cubic foot and for firewood per cord : 





j 1848. 



1870. 



1897. 



Timber: 



1 

 1 SO. 058 



SO. 087 1 

 .054 



4.20 

 3.06 



SO. 115 



Soft woods (in logs) : 



! .034- 



.08 



Firewood: 



! .es 



4.91 





' 2. 03 



3.98 







In Gahcia the wood prices per cubic foot are as follows: 



1870. i 1897. 



Timber: 



Hard woods (in logs) 



Softs wood (in logs). 

 Firewood: 



Hardwoods 



Soft woods 



$0,038 

 .028 



1.56 i 

 1.28 I 



SO. 084 

 .059 



2.92 

 4.00 



The figures show that the prices of forest products throughout 

 Austria have increased to a great extent in the last iiity years. How- 

 ever, the price of timber has risen much faster than the price of fire- 

 wood; thus, while timber prices in many localities have trebled, the 

 price of cord wood has only doubled. 



In Galicia the prices of saw logs and cord wood have doubled in the 

 twenty-seven years between 1870 and 1897. 



