THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



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be as high as 140 cubic feet. K. von Scherzer " estimated the con- 

 sumption in Sweden (in the eighties) at 101 cubic feet per inhabitant. 

 Mulhall ^ gives the consumption in Sweden and Norway as 92 cubic 

 feet per inhabitant. Since these estimates were made the home con- 

 sumption in Sweden has increased considerably, and 120 cubic feet 

 per capita may be considered as near the truth. 



WOOD PRICES. 



Unfortunately there are no recent figures for stump age prices of 

 timber or wood. The latest available figures are for the year 1890. 

 The following table gives the prices of timber on the stump for the 

 .whole tree and Ijy the cubic foot : 



Prices of saw-log timber. 



District. 



Maximum -Dric'e of saw- 

 log timber. 



Minimum price of saw- 

 log timber. 



Per whole tree. 



Per cubic 

 foot. 



Per whole tree. 



Per cubic 

 foot. 



Norbotten 



•SO. 39 



1.39 



1.73 to 1.92 



1.42 to 1.78 



1.35 



1. 22 to 1. 42 



Cents. 

 1.6 



.$0.24.2 

 .52.0 

 $0.39 to .52.0 

 .52 to 1.04 



.54.0 

 .39 to .52.0 



Cents. 

 0.9 



Westerbotten , 





Mellerstra-Norrland 







G efle-Dala 







5.27 





Ostra 





Vestra 



2.9 



1 72 





.52 to .78 















In the district of Sodra the oak wood was sold on an average for 

 2.57 cents per cubic foot. In the district of Vestra cord wood was 

 sold from the woods at 2.75 to 2.87 cents per cubic foot. In 1892 

 average auction prices for different kinds of wood were as follows: 



Auction prices of timber in 1892. 



Districts and provinces. 



Timber in 



the square, 



per cubic 



foot. 



Sawed tim- 

 ber, per 

 cubic foot. 



Timber for 

 construc- 

 tion, per 



cubic foot. 



Cord wood, 

 per cord. 



Norbotten 



Westerbotten 



Mellerstra-Norrland . 



Gefieborg 



Kopparberg 



Wermland 



Orebro 



Westmanland 



Upsala 



Stockholm 



Ostergotland 



Gothland 



Skaraborg 



Kalmar 



.Tonkoping 



Kronoberg 



Cents. 

 2.2 to 4. 4 

 3.7 

 5.1 to 7. 3 



2.6 

 '2."2' 



2. 6 to 3. 6 



3. 6 to 6. 



Cents. 



1.0 to 2. 3 



1. 1 to 3. 6 



2. 2 to 7. 2 

 2. 7 to 8.1 

 2. 6 to 4. 9 



2. 6 to 3. 4 

 2. 9 to 3. 6 



2.9 



3. 6 to 3. 9 



3.2 

 3.7 

 3.7 



2. 6 to 3. 6 

 1. 6 to 4. 8 



1. 7 to 2. 2 



1.5 



Cents. 

 0.4 to 1.7 



, 7 to 3. 4 



2. 2 to 3. 6 



2. 5 to 4. 

 2.9 

 3.2 

 -3.2 



2. 9 to 3. 6 

 4.0 

 1.7 



$0. 



18 to $0. 36 

 34 to . 45 



.76 

 3.58 

 1.77 

 1.47 

 1.10 to 1.83 

 1.96 



40 to 

 37 to 



1.96 

 4.57 

 3.08 

 1.85 

 1.36 



a Das wirtschaftliche Leben der Volker, Leipzig, 1885. 



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