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.
