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THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



WOOD PRICES. 



The following table gives prices for saw-log timber of different 

 species at point of shipment along the road : 



Wood prices per cubic foot, according to size of log, at points of shipping for Paris market 



at city gates. 



SAW LOGS. 



Species. 



Price. 





$0. 28 to SO. 42 



Oak, sapwood 



. 42 to 1. 10 



Beech 



. 25 to . 34 



Ash 



. 17 to 34 





. 20 to . 34 



White elm 



. 22 to . 29 



Scotch pine 



. 13 to . 18 





. 18 to . 30 







RAILWAY TIES (1905). 



Contents in 



Price per 



cubic feet. 



tie. 



4.0 



SI. 08 



5.4 



1.45 



5.7 



1.54 



' 7.2 



1.94 



7.6 



2.04 



BELG] 



[UM. 



FOREST 



AREA. 



The present forest area of Belgium shows an increase over that 

 of 1846, as may be seen from the following: 



1846, 1,200,268.8 acres; 1866, 1,074,057.3 acres; 1880, 1,209,556.8 

 acres; and 1895, 1,303,735.5 acres. 



The forest area forms 17.7 per cent of the total land area, or 0.2 

 acre per inhabitant. The most wooded provinces are Luxemburg, 

 41 per cent, and Namur, 31 per cent, which together comprise 666,937 

 acres. Of tlie total forest area, 62,600 acres, or 4.8 per cent, are state 

 forests; 395,452 acres, or 30.3 per cent, are communal forests; 17,370 

 acres, or 1.3 per cent, belong to public institutions; and 828,314 acres, 

 or 63.6 per cent, are private forests. 



COMPOSITION. 



Of the total forest area, 71.1 per cent are hard woods and 28.9 per 

 cent are conifers (pine predominating). Of the hard woods, 56 per 

 cent was managed as composite forest, 31 per cent as sprout forest, 

 and 13 per cent as high forest. Especially common is oak coppice 

 wood, managed for bark, the production of which amounts to about 

 29,500 tons. 



ANNUAL CUT. 



The annual cut is estimated as 75,789,000 cubic feet, or 58.2 cubic 

 feet per acre, of which saw-log timber forms 40 per cent, or 28,734,200 



