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2.—FORESTRY
Total Acreage Forest Lands
Acreage
under
Commercial
timber
403,200
Acreage
of other
forest
lands
31,360
Total
Acreage
434,360
Cut of timber of each kind and yield or forest products
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3 Pillars
48 Poles
884 Hoards
76 Cartwood
84 Lintels
Bark
tons
170
Fuel
tons
2,164
Charcoal
tons
170
Pitch
tons
10
Concessions and Licenses
General information regarding the industry and the
possibilities of development
Concessions cutting
licenses, etc.
Timber
Origanum Oil
1. License for cutting
timber
2. Charcoal
3. Fuel ...
4. Extraction of wild
olivi* trees
Nil
1,100
200 sq. miles
434,360 acres
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Tlie
of Cyprus cover an area of 700 square miles. Tbey we
situated on the two main ranges of mountains:
(a) the southern range, extending across the south-western eud of
the Island, from Stavrovouni to Cape Acamas ; and
(b) the northern range, running from Cape Andreas to Cape
Kormakiti. Except at the western end, where there are 15 square
miles of forest, the forests on the northern range are confined to the
bill tops.
There arefivemain forests, namely:
Area
Paphos Main Forest ... ... 100 square milea
Troodos
... ... ... 42.69 ., '
Adelphi
... ... ... 48.08 ,,
Machaera ... ... ... 15.26 „ *
Ayia Irene ... ... ... 3.00 „ .
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2B1 I area not defined
6,269
Kartal Dagh
Total
217.13
There are also mixed Timber and Scrub forests covering a total
area of 482.87 square miles.
The principal forest tr.-es are :—
Pinus Halepenais, Pinus, Nigra (var. Laricio), Cupresius
Sempervirens, Quercus Anifolia, Platanus Orientalis, Alnus
Orientalis. Cednis Libani.
Tliere are six Saw Mills situated in tlie forests which at present
*.neet the i equipments of the Island. Experiments have been carried
out in the destructive distillation of forest products, and it is hoped
that, in the near future, this will prove an important source" of
revenue.
Except for the concessions mentioned in the annexed table, all
forest operations and exploitation of the forest products are con–
ducted by the Forest Department.