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Forestry. — The woodland area of Great Britain in 1908 was 2,781,963 acres (England, 1,720,330 ; Wales, 186,723 ; and Scotland, 874,910). Inclnded in these figures are 127,509 acres of plantations, i.e., land planted within the preceding 10 years (England, 72,008; Wales, 11,355; and Scotland, 44,146).
In Ireland in 1911, 299,791 acres were under woods and plantations. In 1911, 903,341 trees were felled, of which 566,839 were used for mining purposes.
II. Fisheries.
Quantity and value of fish of British taking landed in the United Kingdom (excluding salmon) : —
—
1908 1909
1910
Tons
655,884
435,483
52,067
1,143,434
1911
1912
England and Wales .
Scotland
Ireland
Tons I Tons 664,097 697,748 432,263 371,159 37,352 49,654
Tons
720,945
409,176
42,363
Tons 730,595 410,891 40,102
U.K. (excluding shell-flsh) .
1,133,712 1 1,118,561
1,172,484
1,181,588
England and Wales .
Scotland
Ireland
& £
7,748,183 : 7,497,139
2,512,162 i 2,889,107
287,316 304,937
£
7,965,853
3,100,387
316,500
& 8,051,486 2,975,420 270,954
£
8,884,519
3,450,819
280,384
U.K. (excluding shell-tish) .
10,547,661 !l0,691,183
11,382,740
11,297,860
12,615,722
The value of the shell-fish taken in 1912 was 419,298Z.
Statistics of men and boats employed in British fisheries in 1911 are : —
Number of boats on Register on December 31, 1911
Boats
employed
at some time
during year
Men and
boys required to work boats
employed
1 Sailing Steam Total
England and Wales. Scotland Ireland .
Isle of Man and \ Channel Islands/
7,295 ' 2,106 9,401 7,243 1 1,242 8,485 6,046 70 6,116
525 j IS 543
9,001 8,210 5,181
493
39,081 40,004 21,021
1,410
Total, 1911 Total, 1910
21,109 3,436 24,545 21,827 3,155 24,982
22,885 23,100
101,516 101,995
Imports and Exports of lish into and from the United Kingdom are given as follows. The imports represent fish of foreign taking or ^(reparation, and
