Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1917 — Honduras a Lumber Treasury. [ARTICLE]

Honduras a Lumber Treasury.

It is estimated that there are in the Mosquitia territory, Honduras, 90,000,000 pine trees, more than 45,000,000 cedar and mahogany trees, and about 14,0*30,000 trees of miscellaneous varieties. ‘ Valuing the pine treA at 25 Cents United States gold each, or $22,500,000; the cedar and mahogany trees at $5 each, or $225,000,000, and the miscellaneous trees at 10 cents each, or $1,400,000 gives an estimate forestal value of $248,900,000 for the territory alone. .