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2.—FORESTRY.
Total Acreage Forest Lands
Cut of timber of each kind and yield or forest products
Acreage
under
Commercial
timber
403,200
Acreage
of otber
forest
lands
Total
Acreage
Timber
in the
rough
Z 1.360
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434.360 J 193^43 ' r, o - -
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Timber cut
under permit
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: 24,790
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Coiice-siitiis ami Licenses
Geiivi-ai information regarding the industry and the
l»os.8ibili*cie*5 of development
Concessions cutting
licenses, etc.
No.
Area covered
Timber
Origanum Oil
1. License for cutting j
timber
2. Charcoal
3. Fuel
4. Extraction **. wild
olive trees
Nil
778
3.411
200 sq. miles
434.360 acres
area nut d>-riiied
92
T h e f. rest? of f'yprus cover an area of 700 square miles. Thej
situated on tiie two main ranges of mountains:
i a) the southern range, extending across the south-western ent
the Island, from Stavrovouni to Cape Acamas : and
ib) th*-; northern range, running from Cape Andreas to C
Kormakiti. Except at the western end, whore there are 15 squ
mile? of forest, the forests on the northern range are confined to
hill tops.
There are five main forests, namely:
Paphos Main Forest
Troodos
Adelphi
Machaera
Ayia Irene
Kartal Dagh ...
Total
Then- are also mixed Timbi-r and Scrub forests covering a tt
area of I•**-'.>7 square miles.
T h f i tfi iifi : al lores**, iv-v> are :—
I*iiu: > Hale-jtriisis. I'inns Nigra fvar. Laricio*. Cupre*
Sem'-erv irens. '^nen-u-* Anifolia, P'.atanus Orientalis, Ul
Orientalis. Cedrns Lil-ani.
Then* an- five Saw .Mills -ituatr-d in the forests which at pros
•.nee; rhe I'-quireim-tirs of rh<- l>land. Ev. eriments have been can
mit in *iu- d'.-nucti.'e distillation of forest products, and it is ho
rhat, iu the near future, this will prove au important source
revenue.
Except '.;• ;h<* i-oni-essif-n*. .nentioued in the annexed table,
forest operaiiuus ami exploitation oi' tiie forest products are <•
thi'.-ted bv tiie Fort.-M ! npartinent.
100
42.69
48.08
15.26
3.00
8.10
Area
square nn
n
a
tt
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217.13