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104 TABLE II.-

-Classification of British Empire Forest Area by Ownership. Square miles (rounded off to nearest ten).

Country

State

Corporate Bodies

Private Individ- uals

Total

Devoted to Timber Production

Other Forest

Total

United Kingdom British India Canada (as a whole) British Columbia Quebec

no 126,310

234,340 14,700 192,080

6,250 7,880 6,500 250 10 940

2,200 3-HO

3,200

330 630 4,220

30 125,160

635,580 115,000 312,140

46,880 4,620 5,500

4,600

2,800 36,600

28,570 830

50

77,78o 11,300

140 25L470 869,920 129,700 504,220

53,130 12,500

12,000 250

4,610 940 16,370 880

5,000 36,600

1,200

3,140 31,770

1,160 430 1,050 680 6,000 77,78o I5,5io

50 8,000

4,990 77,000

5,180 336,470 932,420 149,000 515,620

62,500 17,190 12,500 6,000 4,92of 17,200 16,370 2,360 10,000 5,100 91-500

1,200 / 38-110 \ 2l8,4OO 35,270

1,180 430 1,050 680 6,000 77,780 20,360

62, 3,9oo 2,030

500 15,400 9,370

Australia Queensland New South Wales

9,3 190

40

18,300

38,iio\ 215,260] 2,500

4,680

?o* 4,690 310

310

1,440

IOO

36,600

Native Communities 1,000 20

1 60

S. Australia W. Australia

New Zealand

Kenya Colony S. Rhodesia

Gold Coast Nigeria Malay States

Trinidad

Cyprus British Honduras British Guiana Ceylon

fMerchantable forest only.
 * In process of clearing for settlement purposes, which may explain differences for total area of forest in Tables I. and II.

TABLE III. Average British Empire Annual Exports and Imports. (Quantities and values in thousands.)

Country (i)

Exports

Imports

Balance, plus or minus

Quantity (2)

Value f. o. b. (3)

Quantity (4)

Value c. i. f.

(5)

Quantity Col.(2)-Col.( 4 )

Value Col. (3)- Col. (5)

United Kingdom* (1909-13)

Wood and timber

120-8 loads

1-015-5

10,204-3 loads

27,561-4

-10,083-5 loads

-26,545-9

Wood manufactures.

2,211-9

'

2,695-2

-483-3

Pulp of wood ....

15-3 tons

122-8

859-5 tons

4,058-5

844-2 tons

-3-935-7

British India (1914-8)

Timber

1,647-9 cub. ft.

395-9

4,373-2 cub. ft.

531.9

2,725-3 cub ft.

-136-0

Canada (1914-8) (as a whole)

Sawn lumber ....

356,689-4 cub. ft.

$30,765-5

99,070-9 cub. ft.

$10,603-6

+257,618-5 cub. ft.

+$20,161-9

Pulp wood

102,933-3 cub. ft.

$6,412-5

Nil

+ 102,933-3 cub. ft.

+ $6,412-5

British Columbia (1919)

Overseas

9,072-7 cub. ft.

Not avail.

Negligible.

Negligible

+9,072-7 cub. ft.

Not avail.

Quebec (1918) ....

132,192-3 cub. ft.

$14,877-4

$746-5

+ 132,192-3 cub. ft.

+$14,130-9

Australia

Queensland Timber.

2,000-0 cub. ft.

500-0

6-0 cub. ft.

i-5

+ 1,994-0 cub. ft.

+498-5

New South Wales (1910-8)

Timber

1,633-7 cub. ft.

201-1

12,241-5 cub. ft.

1,046-4

10,607-8 cub. ft.

-845-3

Victoria (1913-7) Timber

74-9 cub. ft.

10,365-5 cub. ft.

10,290-6 cub. ft.

W. Australia (1909-19) Timber

181-3 loads

689-1

18-2 loads

97-8

+ 163-1 loads

+59i-3

S. Africa, Union of (1913)

Unmanufactured ....

3-3

15,618-0 cub. ft.

980-8

-997-5

Manufactured ....

5-7

3,882-0 cub. ft.

577-7

572-o

Newfoundland (1909-12) Timber

3,677-3 bd. ft.

$71-1

i, 632-4 bd. ft.

$53-9

+2,044-9 bd. ft.

+$17-2

British E. Africa

(Kenya Colony) (1913-8). S. Rhodesia (1913-9) Timber

327-4 cub. ft.. 34- 1 cub. ft.

n-9 io-5

1 59 -6 cub. ft. 258- 1 cub. ft.

.16-7

+ 167-8 cub. ft. 224-0 cub. ft.

-4-8 -32-0

Nyasaland (1917-9)

Nil

f-8

-o-8

Uganda (1913) ....

2

-3-2

Gold Coast (1909-18) Timber.

1,383-5 cub. ft.

i59-7

346-2 cub. ft.

45-0

+ 1,037-3 cub. ft.

+"4'7

Nigeria (1912-3) Timber.

1,388-7 cub. ft.

92-3

522-8 cub. ft.

6 4 -2

+865-9 cub. ft.

+28-1

Malay States (1913-8)

Firewood

$i-7

$590-5

-$588-8

Planks

$i,53i-3

+$1,148-1

Timber

$164-0

$1,183-6

$1,019-6

Trinidad (1906-18) Timber Bahamas (1907-13) Lumber

152-0 cub. ft. 293-8 cub. ft.

i7-8 11-2

889-5 cub. ft. 71-4 cub. ft.

65-3 5-2

-737-5 cub. ft. +222-4 cub. ft.

-47-5 +6-o

Bermuda (1919)

Lumber

46-4 cub. ft.

5-5

46-4 cub. ft.

-5-5

Manufactured wood

18-8

-i8-f

Jamaica (1914-8) Lumber.

8,905-9 bd. ft.

50-5

-8,905-9 bd. ft.

British Honduras (1914-9)

Timber

8,305-9 bd. ft.

$739-0

1,447-9 bd. ft.

$41-6

+6,858-0 bd. ft.

+$697-4

British Guiana (1915-9) Timber Cyprus (1910-4) Timber.

122-7 cub. ft.

15-0

337-7 cub. ft.

21-7

215-0 cub. ft.

-26-9 -21-7

The United Kingdom exports include 87,500 loads which are re-exports, valued at 795,200.