XVI 
FORESTS 
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necessary that sacrifice. When a forest of such trees 
is concerned the wrench must be doubly severe. 
Olive (Olea chrysophylld) is a very hard, durable 
wood, excellent for fencing, firewood, and sleepers. It 
has been suggested that it may be possible to bud the 
cultivated variety of olive on to this tree. This has 
been done, not only on the Mediterranean, but also in 
South Africa. 
According to Mr. Hutchins, in various most inter¬ 
esting tabulations prepared by him, the following are the 
estimated cubic feet of timber carried by different forests. 
Timber in a normal forest of Scots Pine in Mid- 
Europe at 120 years :— 
i st Class = 9,060 feet 
3rd Class = 5,340 „ 
The same at the age of ninety years : 
1st Class = 7,950 ,, 
2nd Class = 6,100 ,, 
Maximum of the South African 
Yellow-wood Forests : = 10,000 „ 
Mature forest of Aleppo Pine, Cyprus = 2,02 ,, 
Heaviest timber areas known, e.g ., Red 
Wood—California, Douglas Pine— 
Oregon, Blue Gum—Tasmania = 100,000 ,, 
These are of course all forests of great and proved value. 
Against these compare the East African forests. 
Southern Kenia forest = 2,100 feet 
W. Kenia forest — 3,265 ,, 
Mabira (Uganda) average sample area = 4,102 ,, 
Average area “ Eldoma Ravine ” = 6,160 ,, 
Camphor forest, South-East Kenia = 7,945 ,, 
Elgeyo escarpment maximum area 
coniferous timber = 15,000 ,, 
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