Factory and industrial management . THE POWER STATION AT DOMNARFVET PAPER MILLS. Notwithstanding Swedens forest resources—superior in extentand value to those of any European country other than Finland—it is estimated that even now the annual consumption of timber ex-ceeds the growth capable of being used by nearly 4,000,000 cubicyards. That the proportion is not more serious is due in large measure to the prescient legislation of recent years, which, in effect, decreesthat no timber shall be exported or sawn up at saw-mills unless thetrunk at a certain height is of specified diameter; that fo
Factory and industrial management . THE POWER STATION AT DOMNARFVET PAPER MILLS. Notwithstanding Swedens forest resources—superior in extentand value to those of any European country other than Finland—it is estimated that even now the annual consumption of timber ex-ceeds the growth capable of being used by nearly 4,000,000 cubicyards. That the proportion is not more serious is due in large measure to the prescient legislation of recent years, which, in effect, decreesthat no timber shall be exported or sawn up at saw-mills unless thetrunk at a certain height is of specified diameter; that for every treecut another shall take its place; and that,*after lumbering, the groundshall be treated in such way that the regrowth of wood is not en-dangered. Something more, however, might yet be done in improvingcommunication, whereby the wood-material in more or less inaccessi-. Si6 I i INDUSTRIAL SIV ED EN. 51/ ble parts might be better utilised, and by putting into a wood-producing state heaths and other, at present, unproductive territory. To illustrate the growth of the industry, a few figures may herebe given. In 1821 (the year of the first reduction of custom dutiesin England) Sweden possessed 3,633 saw-mills, with an output of267,000 dozen deals and boards, of which 200,000 were years later, she owned 59 steam and 4,933 water or wind saw-mills, and the export of deals and boards alone amounted to 1,478,000dozen. In fifteen years more, this export was trebled, and the ex-ports of rough timber rose to over £5,500,000. In 1903—a recordyear so far as regards unwrought, i. e., sawn or hewn, timber—theexports classified under this head exceeded £9,600,000 in value; andin 1905 the value of exports associated with the countrys forest re-sources approximated to £13,000,000, including wood pulp £2,566,000,paper £5,330,000, matches £480,0
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