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OF WOOD IN GENEBAL 



time of the Phienioians onwards, without artificial reafforestation, must at length be 

 appreciably felt. 



The increase of population and the advance of civilization must also point to an 

 increased use of timber of all kinds for works of construction, for articles of use and 

 ornamentation, and for fuel. A rise in the value of home-grown timber seems 

 possible ; in any case a ready sale may be anticipated. 



With the decline in the value of cereals it can hardly be doubted that a consider- 

 able portion of the land of this country (some of which is derelict, and some let at a 

 very low rental) might be planted to advantage." 



The forest area of Europe was estimated by Dr. Schlich in 1901 

 at 758,080,000 acres, i.e. 31 per cent, of the total area, or 2 acres 

 per head of the population. That of the chief countries is estimated 

 as follows : 



*Eussia, - . - - 



516,000,000 acres. 



* Sweden, 



48,000,000 acres, 



*Austria-Hungary, - 



46,410,000 acres, 



France, - - - - 



23,530,000 acres, 



Spain, . - - - 



20,960,000 acres, 



Germany, 



34,490,000 acres, 



*!N'orway, 



17,000,000 acres. 



Italy, - - - - 



10,110,000 acres. 



Turkey, - - - - 



6,180,000 acres, 



Great Britain, 



3,030,000 acres, 



Switzerland - 



2,100,000 acres. 



Greece, - - - - 



2,030,000 acres, 



Portugal 



770,000 acres. 



Belgium, 



1,250,000 acres, 



Holland, 



570,000 acres, 



Denmark, 



600,000 acres, 



♦Bulgaria 



10,650,000 acres. 



*Bosnia and Herzegovina - 



6,790,000 acres. 



Servia - - - - 



2,390,000 acres. 



*Roumania - - - 



5,030,000 acres, 



The asterisk indicates the chief exporting 



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With civilization comes an increasing demand for timber for 

 fencing, building, mine-props, railway-sleepers, and telegraph- 

 poles, not to mention that for more valuable woods for furniture, 

 etc., and the multitudinous other minor uses of timber. Thus 

 American statisticians have estimated 3 million cords^ of wood as 

 used annually in brick-burning, a milHon cords of Birch for tool- 

 handles and boot-lasts, 100,000 cords of Soft Maple for shoe-pegs, 

 and over 3,000 cords of Pine for lucifer matches in the United States 

 alone. 



In 1904 Dr. Schlich calculated from the returns of the five pre- 

 vious years the net aimual imports and exports of timber by 

 European countries in tons as : 



^ A cord =24 loads, 2 J tons, or 126 cuhic feet. 



