Page 309 - untitled

Basic HTML Version

304
2.—FORESTRY.
Total Acreage of State
Forest Lands
Acreage
nnder
Commercial
timber
400,000
Acreage
of other
forest
15,360
ToUl
Acreage
415,360
Cut of timber of each kind and yield of forest products
Building
timber Ma–
chine A
HandSawn
224,044
Cubic
Feet
Timber in the
rough
6,016 Rafters
1,570 Poles
30 Boards
3,630 Posts
1,038 Bread
boards
1,486 Shovels
126 Yokes
15 Door
posts
Timber cut under
permit
16.696 Plough wood
119,851 Rafters
1,869 Yokes
4,209 Poles
27,737 Cartwood
2,644 Troughs
1,843 Chairwood
43,731 Posts
301 Pine trees
152 Ladder poles
2 Sticks
240 Walking stick
s
Bark
tons
c
o
J_>
•mT
-a
u
CD
'a.
**3
5
u.
i
3
•N
#
5
=3
^ H
Fuel
tons
6,858
Char–
coal
tons
.
167
Pit3h
tons
H
!
i
i
;
Pine
cones
tons
H
Snow
tons
2i
Origa–
num
oil
tons
o*
Concessions and Licenses
Genera! information regarding*: tbe industry and the
possibilities' of development
Concessions, cutting
licenses, etc.
Timber
Origanum Oil
1 T.icense for cutting
timber *
2. Charcoal
3. Fuel * ...
4. Extraction of wild
olive trees
5. (jther trePS
Nil
866
188
5,146
40
1,013
Nil
200 sq. miles
400,000 acres
area not defined
Although the forests of Cyprus were delimited with an area of 700
square miles in 1892 ihey now comprise an area of 649 square miles.
They are situated on 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 Andiviis to Cape
Kormakiti. Except at the western end, where there are iu square
miles of forest, the forests on the northern range are confined to the
hill tops.
There are six main forests, namely:
Area
Paphos aud K y k k o Forests
... 232.90 square miles
Troodos
... *•• ... 42.10 *,
Adelphi
... ... ... 48.08 „
Maebaera ... ... ... 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, "<;ut-over '* or
comprise rocky, river bed, road, path or other non-forest-beariug
areas.
,
-
There are also mixed timber and scrub forests covering a total
area of 292.66 square miles of which 179.33 square miles are rooky,
bare, burnt or *' cut-over," road, path or river l>ed areas.
Tlie principal forest trees are :—
Pinus Halepensis; Pinus Nigra, Suhsp. (Pallasiana i ; Cupressua
Semoervirens ; Quercus Al'nifolia ; Platauus Orientalis ; Alnus
Orientalis ; Cedrus Libanotica, Var. Brevifolia : Arbutus"
Andracime.
There are six Saw Mills situated in the forests and one in Nicosia
which partiallv meet the timber requirements of the Island.
Planks, boards/scantlings and ratters are chiefly cut, but al»o wooden
implements, such as shovels, and forks, and cart material, such as
felloes and (-pokes, are also made. , . ,
,
t
,. ,,
Except for the licenses mentioned m the annexed table, a"
forest operations aud exploitation of the forest products are con–
ducted by the Forest Department.
Permits for small quantities issued to villagers.