THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



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Table 20. — Average prices per cubic foot of wood, irrespective of kind or species, in the 

 state forests of the different states of the German Empire. 



Year. 



Prus- 



Bava- 



' Sax- 



Baden. 



Alsace- 

 Lor- 



Year. 



Prus- 



Bava- 



Sax- 



Baden. 



Alsace- 

 Lor- 





sia. 



ria. 



ony. 





raine. 





sia. 



ria. 



ony. 





raine. 



1830 



$0.02 





$0.04 







1867 



$0.04 



$0. 031 



$0.07 



$0.06 





1831 



.02 





.04 







1868 



.041 

 .04 



.031 



.07* 



.06 





1832 



.02 





.041 







1869 



.031 



.06' 



.06 





1833 



.02 





.041 







1870 



.04 



- .04 



.051 



.061 





1834 



.02 





.04 







1871 



.04 



.04 



.07 J 



.06* 





1830-34... 



.02 





.041 







186^71.. 



.04 



.04 



.07 



.06^ 





1835 



.02i 





'.04 







1872 



.04 



.04 



.091 



.07* 



$0. 061 



1836 



.021 

 .021 





.04* 







1873 



1874 



.041 

 .05 



.05 

 .051 



.Hi 

 .11 



.08 

 .081 



.084 

 .08 



1837 



.041 







1838 



.02- 





.05 







1875 



.05 



.05| 



.111 



.09 



.08 



1839 



.02- 

 .02 







.05 

 .042 







1872-75.. 

 1876 



.041 

 .04 



.05 

 .06 



.11 

 .081 



.081 

 .081 



.08 



1835-39... 







.08 



1840 



.02 

 .03 





.052 

 .052 







1877 



1878 



.04 

 .04 



.05 

 .05 



■zi 



.07 

 .07 



.06 



1841 







.06* 



1842 



.03 





.052 







1879 



.04 



.05 



.08 



.061 



.06| 



1843 



.03 





.052 







1876-79.. 



.04 



.05* 



.08J 



.07| 



.061 



1844 



.03 







.04 







1880 



.04^ 



.05 



.081 



.061 



.061 



1840-44... 



.03 











1881 



.04 



.05 



.081 



.06' 



.06' 



1845 



.03 

 .03 

 .03 





!06' 

 .05i 







1882 



1883 



1884 



.04 

 .04 

 .04 



.05 

 .05 

 .05 



.08* 

 .091 



.06 



.061 



■ .06* 



.06 



1846...... 







.06 



1847. 







.06 



1848 



.03 





.051 



$0.03 





1885 



.04 



.05 



.09| 



.06* 



.05* 



1849 



.02i 





.051 



.03 





1886 



.04 



.05 



.091 



.06 



.05^ 



1845-49... 



.03 

 .03 



"■i6.'62' 



. 052- 

 .051 







1880-86. . 



1887 



.04 

 .04 



.05 

 .05 



.09 

 .09 



.061 

 .051 



.06 



1850 



.03 





.05 



1851 



.03 



.02 



.06 



.02 





1888 



.04 



.05 



.0921 



.06 



.05§ 



1852 



.03 



•021 



.06 



.02 





1889 



.041 



.05 



.10 



.061 



.06 



1853 



.03 



.02 



.06 



. .02 





1890 



.041 



.051 



.10 



.06* 



.06 



1854 



.03 



.021 



.06 



.04 





1891 



.05 



.051 



.10 



.07 



.-07 



1855 



.03 



.021 



.06 



.04 





1892 



.041 



.05 J 



.09 



.07 



.06^ 



1850-55. . . 



.03 



.021 



.06 



.031 





1893 



.041 



.05 



.09 



.07 



.06 



1856 



.03 



.03 



.06 



.04 





1894 



.041 



.051 



.09 



.07 



.06 



1857 



.03 



.03 



■ .06 



.05 





1888-94.. 



. 041 



.05 



.091 



.07 



.06 



1858 



.03 



.03 



.07 



.051 





1895 



.041 



.05J 



.09-^ 



.071 



.07 



1859 



.03 



.03 



.07 



.051 





1896 



.041 



.051 



• lOi 



.071 



.07 



1860 



.03 



.03 



.07 



.06 





1897 



.05 



.051 



.11 



.071 



.071 



1861 



.031 



.031 



.071 



.061 





1895-97. . 



.041 



.051 





.071 



.07 



1862 



.031 



.031 



.07^ 



.06 





1898 



.051 



.06 



.101 



.08 



.07§ 



1856-62... 



.03 



.03 



.07 



.05i 





1899 



.06 



.061 



.11 



.08 



.08 



1863 



.031 



.04 



.08 



.06 





1900 



.061 



.07 



.111 



.081 



.08 



1864 



.04 



.04 



.08 



.07 





1901 



.06 



.07 



.11 



.081 



.08 



1865 



.04 



.05 



.09 



.071 





1902 



.05 



.07 



.10 



.071 



.07 



1863-65... 



.04 



.04 



.08i 



.07 





1903 



.06 





.11 





.07 



1866 



.04 



.04 



.081 



.061 

















These are average prices obtained in the state forests, including 

 the cost of cutting and working up the timber and dehvering it along 

 the road. They refer in Prussia and Bavaria to all kinds of wood, 

 including stump wood, in Baden to all wood except stump wood, 

 and in Saxony only to wood having a diameter of 2| inches at the 

 small end. 



FRANCE. 



FOREST AREA. 



The forests of France have increased to some extent since 1840, as 

 may be seen from the following table: 



Increase in forest areas, 1840-1903. 





Forest 

 area. 



Land 



area 



under 



• forest. 



1840.. . 



Acres. 

 20,848,274 

 23,026,445 

 23,367.558 

 24,021,587 



Per cent. 

 15.9 



1862 



17.2 



1882 



17.9 



1903.. . . 



18.2 







