250 



Italian Wheat Duty. 



during the three weeks before the birds are killed, when they 

 would increase from ih to 2 lbs. in weight if they were 

 scientifically fed. 



\_Foreig7i Office Report, Anmtal Series, No. 2,1^^, price ^d.~] 



According to a circular issued by the United States 



Department of Agriculture, the forest 



Forest Resources area of the United States (exclusive of 

 ofthe , , 



United States. Alaska) may be placed at somewhat less 



than 500,000,000 acres. This does not 



include much brush and waste land, which is, and will remain 



for a long time, without any economic value. The area is 



very unevenly distributed, seven-tenths being on the Atlantic 



side of the continent, only one-tenth on the Pacific Coast, 



another tenth on the Rocky Mountains, and the balance 



scattered over the interior of the Western States. Both the 



New England States and the Southern States have still 50 



per cent, of their area more or less under forest, but in the 



former merchantable timber has been largely removed. The 



Prairie States, with an area in round numbers of 400,000 



square miles, contain hardly 4 per cent, of forest growth, and 



the 1,330,000 square miles of an arid or semi-arid character, 



which constitute more than one-third of the whole of the 



United States, contain practically no forest growth. 



Information has been received through the Foreign Ofiice 

 that the period of admission of wheat 

 Italian Wheat duty-free into Italy having expired on 

 30th June last, the Italian Government 

 decided to admit wheat at the reduced duty of 2s. per 

 cwt. until the 15th July. This period was subsequently 

 extended by Royal Decree until the 15th August, after 

 which date the full duty of 3s. per cwt. was re-imposed. 



