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largest forests; but only one-third of their area is
forest land, against half or even two-thirds in Finland.
The forest area in Austria is about one-third; in
Hungary it is between a quarter and a third; in Germany
a quarter; in Switzerland one-fifth; and less in all
other countries. In Sweden the situation most nearly
resembles that of Finland, but much more rapid
progress is being made there in organising the Crown
woods or areas set apart for regular forest cultivation.
These amount to 15½ million acres against the 2½
million of Finland. Only the 16 million acres of
mountain territory are not yet reserved. In Russia it
is estimated that the forests in three of the northern
provinces cover 70 per cent. of the whole country, and
in the other five northern provinces 65 per cent.
Generally speaking, all the forests in Northern Russia
are declared to be government property, as is all the
land; but notwithstanding this condition of affairs the
destruction has been much greater than in Finland.
In Northern Finland the best trees are found near the
rivers, the marsh land between the rivers being
comparatively bare of timber. This division is even more
marked in Northern Russia; near the rivers here we
find belts of land from one to seven kilometres broad
covered with firs, birch, aspen, and pines, the number
of the latter being, however, comparatively small,
while in the enormous marshes between the rivers
hardly any valuable trees are found. Everywhere,
including on the river banks, most of the sound
timber has been felled. The forest labourers, as a
rule, have been allowed to cut down trees as they
please, and it is now very difficult to procure the
timber required for commercial purposes. Over the
whole of this enormous area there are barely 25,000,000
acres of sound forest left.
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