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2.—FORESTRY.
Total Acreage of Stare
Forest Lands
Cut of timber of each kind and yield of forsst products
Acreage
under
Commercial
timber
A
.
cre
?*« I Totai
°[
other
! Acreage
forest '
s
Building
timber m a
chine &
hand sawn
Timber in the
rough
29,143
Cubic
Feet
lol Rafters
2,799 Posts
168 Yokes
40 Pick-
handles
| 60 Spokes
I 170 Tails
! 9 Poles
! 4,479 Cart-
wood
390 Plough-
wood
1*4,866 Slabs
Char–
coal
tons
Tar
tons
Pine
cooes
cons
Snow
tons
! Orig-
I anum
j oil
I tons
rr.
S3 Saddlepacks ' I
1.580 Plough wood !
5,006 Rafters
:
662 Yokes
58 Poles
967 Cartwood
17 Troughs |
3,353 Chairwood
9,375 Posts
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34,179 Pine trees j
22 Plauks
|
105 Walking sticks;
73 Plough poles '
48 Lintels
14 Kontaria *
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40 Slabs
:
280 Handles !
326 Telephone
poles
25 Joists S i
4 Mourines -' \
17 Beams
S Breadboards
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Concessit HIS am. Licenses
Concessions, cutting
.NO.
licenses, etc.
Timber
Origanum Oil
I License for cutting '
timber •
2. Charcoal "
3. Fuel * ...
4. Extraction of wild
olive trees
5. Other ire"*;
Nil
69
General information regardinsr the industry and the
possibilities of development
Area covered
Nil
1 232.90 sq. miles
747 I 227,840 acres
178 area not defined
4,239
Although the forests .;' Cyprus .were delimited with an area of 703
square miles ia 1892 they now comp'i-e an area of 640 square miles.
They are situated on the two main ranges uf mountains :— .
(a) the southern range, extending across the south-wesrern eud of
the Island, from Stavrovouni to Capo Ac*, nun* ; and
(b) the northern range, running from Oupe Andreas to Cape
Kormakiti. Except at the western -.-.ni. wli-r-? there are io square
miles of forest, the forests on the northern range are confined to the
hill tons.
There are eight main inrests. namely:
d l Paphos and Kyi;i*o .."
(2) Troodos
(3) Adelphi
(4> Machsera ...
(5) Kormakiti. Ayia Erini. and I'iorios
(6) Kartal Dagh "
(7) Limassoi
(Si Aetomoutti
Total
*•
Area
232.90 square milts
42.10
48.08
11.11
12.33
7.23
2'..18
3.07
378.00
Forest Plantations ... ... ... io square milea
Of these 133 square miles are either bare, burnt," cut-over " or
comprise rocky, river bed. road, path or other non-forest-beuring
areas.
There are also mixed timber and scrub forests covering a tocal
area of 2.vj square miles of wiiicii IOO .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. (Pallusianai ; Cupressus
Senmervirens ; Quercus Aliiifolia ; Platanus Oriental's ; Alnus
Orientalis ; Cedrus Brevir'olia : Arbutus Andrachne.
There are seven Saw Mills situated in the forests and one in Nicosia
which partially meet the timber requirements of the Island.
Planks, boards, scantlings and rafters are cuieflv cut, but also wooden
implements, such as shovels and forks, and cart material, such as
felloes and spokes, are also made.
Except '"or the licenses mentioned in the annexed table, all
forest operations and exploitation of the forest products are con–
ducted by the Forest Department.
Permits for small <*.--:,uriiit-s issued to villagers.