THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



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SWEDEN. 



Sweden's annual cut is less than the annual growth, and the forests 

 may be expected to supply the home demands and allow the country 

 to continue to increase exports to some extent. The following table 

 shows the rate of increase in them of late years: 



Exports of Sweden. (^ 



Year average of— 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Year average of— 



Quantity. 



Value. 



1871 1875 



Cubicfeet. 



116,490,000 



130,960,000 



161,670,000 



183,560,000 



210,040,000 



235,800,000 



$21,175,000 

 22,075,000 

 24,125,000 

 24,625,000 

 28,275,000 

 32,975,000 



1897 



Cubicfeet. 



246,750,000 



236,160,000 



239,690,000 



245,690,000 



219,920,000 



243,570,000 



S37,600,000 

 36,600,000 

 35,150,000 



1876-1880 



1898 



1881-1885 



1899 



1886-1890 



1900 



38,450,000 

 32,975,000 



1891-1895 



1901 



1896 



1903 









a Endres, loc. cit. 



Great Britain takes about half of the Swedish exports, then come 

 France, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Cape Colony, Australia, 

 and South America. Planed boards go chiefly to Netherlands, Cape 

 Colony, England, and Australia. 



The large number of floatable streams in Sweden have been impor- 

 tant factors in enabling it to take one of the foremost places in the 

 world's timber market. The wood industry has been intensively 

 developed. In 1898 there were 1,030 saw and planing mills, which 

 employed 40,700 workmen; in addition there were 501 other wood- 

 working establishments, with 22,300 workmen; as motive power, 507 

 turbines, 706 steam engines, and 178 electric motors were used. 



NORWAY. 



The forests of Norway are now being overcut, so that the exports, 

 which have not increased much since 1870, will evidently decrease in 

 the future. 



Exports of Norway, by amounts and values.^' 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



1870 ; 



Cubicfeet. 



67,211,000 



63,964,000 



65,517,000 



59,a28, 000 



70,671,000 



63, 717, 000 



69,259,000 



75,260,000 



63,434,000 





1876-1880 





1886-1890., . 



$7,875,000 

 6,900,000 



10,675,000 

 8,900,000 

 9,575,000 



11,125,000 

 9,075,000 



1895 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 





a Endres, loc. cit.' 



Exports of wood-pulp material are also very important, 

 1904 reached a value of $7,500,000. 



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