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2.—FORESTRY.
Total Acreage of State
Forest Lands
Acreage
nnder
Commercial
timber
298,456
Acreage
of other
forest
112,430
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Total
Acreage
410,886
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Cut of timber of each kind and yield of forest products
Building
timber man
chine Jt
band sawn
State
Forests
34,231
Cubic
feet
Private
Forests
25,343
Cubic
feet
H e w n or round
timber cut in
State Forests
3,544 Raftura
1,488 Posts
I Yoke
286 Poles
23,223 Cart-
wood
17,979 Plough
wood
17,670 Slabs
7,062- Chair-
• wood
2,549 Logs
1,392 Pine
trees
164 Other
trees
3 Pillars
55 Sticks
InaU
123,098 cub.
feet
H e w n or round timber
cut in Private Forests
t Logs
3 Masts
140 Pack saddles
7,002 Ploughwood
11,011 Rafters
449 Yokes
237 Poles
6,008 Cartwood
1,927 Chairwood
526 Posts
9,098 Pine trees
452,224 Other trees
and bushes
1,608 Sticks
303 Shovels
151 Pillars
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25,438 cub. feet
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Pine
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Concessions and Licenses
General information regarding the industry and the
possibilities of development .
Concessions, cutting
licenses, etc.
Timber
Origanum Oil
Nil
Nil
L ! 232.90 sq. miles
1. License for cutting
timber •
2. Charcoal *
781
227,840 acres
3. Fuel * ...
4. Extraction ot wild
OUVK
trees
5. Other tre-*-
180 ! area not denned
3,826
64
1,339
Although the forests of Cyprus were delimited with au area of 70
square miles in 1892 they now comprise an area of 640 square mile.
They are situated on the two main ranges of mountains :—
(a) the southern range, extending across the south-western end c
the Island, from Stavrovouni to Cape Acamas ; and
(b) the northern range, running from Cape Andreas to Cap
Kormakiti. Except at the western end, where there axe 15 squat
miles of forest, the forest3 on the northern range are coniined to tb
hill tops.
There are eight main forests, namely:
(1) Paphos and Kykko
(2) Troodos
(3) Adelphi
(4) Machaera
Kormakiti, Ayia Erini, and Diorioa
Kartal Dagh
Limassoi
Aetomoutti
(3)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Total
232.90
42.10
48.08
11.11
12.33
7.23
21.18
3.07
378.00
Area
square milo
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10 square mil
miles are either bare, burnt," cut-over " <
bed, road, path or other non-forest-bearir
and scrub forests covering
which 100 square miles are
a tot
rock
Forest Plantations
O f these 106 square
comprise rocky, river
areas.
There are also mixed timber
area of 252 square miles of
bare, burnt or *' cut-over," road, path or river bed areas.
T h e principal forest trees are *.—
Pinus Halepensis; Pinus Nigra, Subsp. (Pallasiana) ; Cupres*
Sempervirens; Quercus Alnifolia; Platanus Orientalis ; ALn
Oriental ; Cedrus Brevifolia ; Arbutus Andrachne.
There are seven S a w Mills situated in the forests and one in Nicoj
which partially meet the timber requirements of the Islan
Planks, boards, scantlings and rafters are chiefly cut, but also wood
implements, such as shovels and forks, and cart material, snch
felloes and spokes, are also made.
Except for the licenses mentioned in the annexed table, i
forest operations and exploitation of the forest products are co
ducted by the Forest Department.
Pennits for small quantities issued to villagers.