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 PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

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Forestry.— The woodland area of Great Britain in 1908 was 2,781,963 acrsa (Kiuland, 1,720,330 ; Wales, 186,723 ; and Scotland, 874,910). Included in these figures are 127,509 acres of plantations, i.e., land planted within the preceding 10 Tears (England, 72,008 ; Wales, 11,355 : and Scotland, 44,146).

In Ireland in 1918, 289,944 acres were under woods and plantations. II. Fisheries.

Quantity and value of fish of British taking landed in the United Kingdom (excluding salmon, except that figure* for England and Wales include sea-caught salmon and sea-trout) : —

-

1913 1

1917

1918 Tons

m,* -

165,463 31,838

431,351

1919 1 1920 2

England and Wales.

Ireland

807.619

382,994 33.S20

202.5S1 J8.547

51i.4 40,33.

U.K. (excluding shell-fUh)

1,204,433

£ IQyOaMM

3,723.367 »<M,625

14,027,308 (63 ■ ;C

385,116

M 9,161,636 3,645,015 567,376

854,»« 1

\r.d and Wales. Scotland

14,147,810

5,991,«M

880,197

£ £ 6,083,73* 6,619,983

U.K. (excluding shellfish). U.K. Shell-flsh

13,364,027

no,6f i

21,019.100

25,577,661 ,28,162,924 691,067 734,783

1 Pr«-War year. i ProTisional figures. Statistics for 1918 of fishing boats rc£ristered under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 : —

England and

Wales. Scotland. It eland Isle of Man. Channel Islands

Boats on Register on December 31, 191 -^

Sailing Steam Total

Total bT*4

Ton- nage

6.867

Mao

4,443

166 281

3,410

2.678

544

89

38

9.777

8,458

4,987

255

319

Boats

employed

at some

time

during

year

192,24 115.523 25.059 1,839

(a)

Estimated number of

men and boys employed

in sea-fishing

Bagala*

flshennen

(a)

O-.ht.-s

(a)

Total, 1913.

17,037

6,759

23,796

335,510 J

—

-

—

Total, 1913 *

19.153

4,288

23,441

- 4, v"

76 048

23.482

1 Pre-War year. (a) Cannot be stated for 1918.

Imports and Exports of fish into and from the United Kingdom are given as follows. The imports represent fish of foreign taking or preparation, and are therefore not included in the table above giving fish of British taking landed in the United Kingdom : —

Imports (fresh, eured or salted) Exports of United Kingdom

produce (fresh, cured, salted) Ditto (herrings only) Re-exports (fish of foreign and

colonial oriein)

19201

27.000

18,000 20,000

1 Provisional figures.