18 THE FOKEST EESOUECES OF THE WOKLD. 



Table 5. — Quantity and value of timber and firewood in 1900. 



Class aud kind of wood. 



Quantity in 



solid cubic 



feet. 



Value. 



Value. 



per cubic 



foot. 



Square, waney, or fiat timber: 

 Asli 



416. 308 



1.203,564 



1.354,765 



346,433 



110,219 



2,381,310 



. 5,914,314 



«43.331.76 

 147,044.16 

 143,020.08 

 35,990.58 

 19,042.04 

 445,389.84 

 605,074.86 



$0 104 



Bircti 



122 



Elm 



.105 





.103 



Oak 



.172 



Pine 



.187 



All other kinds 



102 









11.726,913 



1.438,893.32 



.122 







Logs for lumber, etc.: 



Elm 



8,224,100 

 • 165,000 

 20,077,800 

 1,042,100 

 153,368,100 

 104,067,600 

 78,751,600 



640,421.36 

 19, 153. 26 

 1,094,680.98 

 149, 605. 38 

 14,946,004.66 

 7, 140, 137. 04 

 4, 968, 582. 12 



.077 



Hickory . 



.116 



Hemlock 



.054 



Oak 



.143 



Pine ..-- 



.098 





.068 



All other kinds 



.063 









365,696,300 



28,959,184.80 



.079 







Miscellaneous timber: 



53,442.720 



33,357,710 



313,880 



2,402,632 



32,607,16;j 



2,040,888 



596,074 



1,343,268 



2,107.791.72 



564,420.96 



28. 192. 86 



228,585.24 



1,367.421.38 

 202,499.06 



.039 





.016 



Masts and spars 



.089 



Piling 



.095 





.041 





.099 



Hop and hoop poles 





Staves, bolts, and headings 



23,177.34 



.038 









126, 104, 332 



4,522,088.56 



.036 







Total of all timber 



503,527,545 

 707,682,080 



34,920,166.68 

 14,141,171.16 



.069 





.01 









1,211,209,625 



49,061,337.84 



427,203.72 



18,676.98 



.04 



Tanbark 





Pot and pearl ashes 















49,507,218.54 





RUSSIA. 



FOREST AREA AND DISTRIBUTION. 



The forest resources of Russia are enormous. The total forest area 

 has recently been given as 812,640,600 acres, though, as indicated 

 below, this estimate is unquestionably excessive. The proportion 

 of forest to total land area is 15.45 per cent. The forests are very 

 unevenly distributed, however, as is shown by the follovvdng table: 



Forest area by provinces. 



Province. 



Forest area. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 forests 

 to total 

 area. 





Acres. 

 444,711.600 



19,899,000 

 307,530,000 



40,500,000 



Per cent. 

 36.31 



Caucasus 



17.20 



Western Siberia 



30.39 





5.01 







Total 



812,640,600 



25.73 







