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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
Cut of timber of each kind and rield of forest products
Building
timber ma–
chine 3.
hand sawn
164,852
Cubic
Feet
Timber in the
rough
558 Rafters
4,595 Posts
237 Bread
boards
245 Shovels
3 Yokes
28 Beams
13 Pillars
320 Thre–
shing
boards
Timber cat under
permit
14,572 Plough wood
5,743 Rafters
1,637 Yokes
692 Poles
17,215 Cartwood
5 Troughs
399 Chairwood
10,872 Posts
8,216 Pine trees
64 Ladder poles
48 Sticks
348 Walking sticks
3,764 Plough poles
58 Lintels
50 Threshing
boards
10,204 Handles
10 Shepherds'
staves
167 Telephone
poles
Bark
tons
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4,949.V
Char–
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tons
138
Tar
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Concessions and Licenses
General information regarding the industry and the
possibilities of development
Concessions, cutting
licenses, etc.
No.
Area covered
Timber ... ... N U
Origanum Oil
Nil
200 sq. miles
1 License for cutting
timber •
1,048 [ 400,000 acres
2. Charcoal * ...
24.
3. Fuel * ... ... ! 4,907
4. Extraction of wild
oiivB trees ...
30
5. Other cre«*q ... 1,611
area not defined
Although the forests of Cyprus were delimited with an area of 700
square miles in 1892 thev 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 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 eight main forests, namely:
(1) Paphos aud Kykko
(2) Troodos
\Z) Adelphi
(4) Machaera
(5) Ayia Erini
(6) Kartal Dagh
(7) Limassoi
(8) Aetomoutti
Total
Forest Plantations ... ... ... 8.16 square miles
Of these 129.27 square miles are either bare, burnt," cut-over " or
comprise rocky, river bed, road, path or other non-forest-bearing
areas.
There are also mixed timber and scrub forests covering a total
area of 279.37 square miles of which 179.67 square miles are rocky,
bare, burnt or " cut-over," road, path or river In-d areas.
Tlie principal forest trees are :—
Piuus Halepensis: Pinus Nigra, Subsp. (Paliaaiana); Cupressua
Sempervirens; Qnercus Alnifolia ; Platauus Orientalis ; Alnua
Orientalis ; Cedrus Libauotica, Yar. Brevifolia ; Arbutus
Audrachne.
There are seven Saw Hills situated in the forests and one in Nicosia
which partially meet the timber requirements of the Island.
Planks, bonrds, scantlings and rafters are chiefly cut. but alro wooden
implements, such as shovels and forks, and cart material, such as
felloes and spokes, are also made.
Except for the licenses mentioned in the annexed table, all
forest operations and exploitation of the forest products are con–
ducted by the Forest Department.
232.90!
42.10
43.08
11.11
5.14
7.23
20.00
3.07
369.63
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• Permits for small quantities issued to villagers.