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2.—FORESTRY
Total Acreage of State
Forest Lands
Acreage
under
Commercial
timber
400,000
Acreage
of other
forest
15,360
Total
Acreage
415,360
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Cut of timber of each kind and yield of forest products
Building
timber Ma–
chine Jt
HandSawn
163,075
Cnbic
Feet
Timber in the
rough
-
3 Beams
635 Rafters
65 Pillars
200 Poles
41 Boards
126 Posts
*
Timber cut under
permit
11,798. Plonghwood
776 Beams
1,729 Rafters
537 Yokes
39 Pillars
1,909 Poles
575 Boards
20,865 Cartwood
26 Lintels
1,783 Troughs
1,848 Bread boards
4,210 Shovels
5,736 Handles
8,484 Chairwood
9,094 Slabs
694 Posts
188 Piue trees
92 Ladder poles
20 Sheplierds'
sticks
290 Walking sticks
Bark
tons
to
3
-mm
t—
m*
OS
mO.
• £
"a.
•"J
****
p
6
Fuel
tons
3,894
Charcoal
. . tons
11
-
Pit:h
tons
1
Pine
cones
tons
•
5
Snow
torn
*
Concessions and Licenses
General information regarding the industry and the
possibilities of development
Concessions, cutting
licenses, etc.
Area covered
Timber
Origanum Oil
1 License for cutting
timber •
2. Charcoal *
3. Fuel
#
4. Extraction of wild
olive trees
5. Other tre*s
Nil
886
189
5,316
Nil
200 sq. miles
60
1,149
400,000 acres
area not defined
Although the forests of Cyprus were delimited with an area of 700
square miles in 1892 they now comprise an area of 649 square miles.
They are situated ou the two main ranges of mountains :—
(a) the southern range, extending across the south-western end 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
hill tops.
There are six main forests, namely:
Area
Paphos and Kykko Forests ... 232.90 square miles-
Troodos ... ... ... 42.10
Adelphi ... ... ... 48*08
Macbaera ... ... ... 15.26
Ayia Erini ... ... ... 3.00
Kartal Dagh ... ... ... 8.10
Total
349.44
Forest Plantations ... ... ... 7 square miles
Of these 127.17 square miles are either bare, burnt," cut-over " or
comprise rocky, river bed, road, path or other non-forest-bearing
areas.
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There are also mixed timber and scrub forests covering a total
area of 292.66 square miles of which 179.33 square miles are rocky,
bare, burnt or " cut-over," road, path or river bed areas.
The principal forest trees are :—
Pinus Halepensis; Pinus Nigra, Subsp. (Pallasiana); Cupressus
Sempervirens ; Quercus Alnifolia; Platanus Orientalis ; ALnus
Orientalis; Oedrus Libanotica, Yar. Brevifolia; Arbutus
Andrachne.
There are six Saw Mills situated in the forests which partially
meet the timber requirements of the Island. Planks, boards, scant–
lings and rafters are chiefly cut, but also wooden implements, such
as shovels, and forks, and cart material, such, as felloes and spoken
are also made.
Except for the licenses mentioned in the annexed table, all
forest operations aud exploitation of the forest products are con–
ducted by the Forest Department.
• Permits for small quantities issued to villagers.