. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July 15, 1916 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 Demand for Lumber in France France does not import large quantities of timber. During 1914 the value of imported timber was £1,709,625, an average of 3s. I0l/2d. per head. This is just 25 per cent, of the amount imported by Great Britain. About 18 per cent, of the area of France is under forest, which is under the control of the Gov- ernment, in order to prevent over- cutting and maintain the produc- tion. The average q
. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July 15, 1916 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 Demand for Lumber in France France does not import large quantities of timber. During 1914 the value of imported timber was £1,709,625, an average of 3s. I0l/2d. per head. This is just 25 per cent, of the amount imported by Great Britain. About 18 per cent, of the area of France is under forest, which is under the control of the Gov- ernment, in order to prevent over- cutting and maintain the produc- tion. The average quantity of timber cut per annum is 910,740,- 000 cubic feet, which added to the imports, shows an annual con- sumption per head of 27 cubic feet, about twice that of Great Britain. A large quantity of this timber is used for railway ties; beech and oak are mostly used for this purpose, their average life being about twenty years. The annual requirements of the French rail- ways are some 6,000,000, of which the majority—, 5,500,000—are produced in the country. There will be a big demand for timber of all sorts in France for reconstruction purposes immedi- ately after the war, as although stone, brick and cement are pro- duced at home, they will not be obtainable quickly enough for the immediate requirements. A project has been announced by Le Batiment, a French build- ing trades' publication, whereby a general federation, co-operating with the Government, is to be organized for the purpose of tak- ing charge of the importation of all materials necessary for build- ing and reconstruction enter- prises, so that the building-up pro- cess in France may be facilitated and the resumption of normal ec- onomic life hastened. The project recommends that the Government take an inventory of the resources that France now possesses in materials of all kinds, so that the organization may effi- ciently and quickly supply all needed materials. Under the gen- eral plan, materials for th
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