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     1        make a ton of pulp?
              A.  Correct.
     2
         Q.   Then can you go back towards the beginning of that fat
     3        volume to what I have got as page 49, which is in file
              116?
     4        A.  Yes.
 
     5   Q.   Do you see there table 38?
              A.  I do.
     6
         Q.   Is it headed:  "Volume of Timber on Timber Land in the
     7        United States  ... Timber 1987?
              A.  Yes.
     8
         Q.   Are you able to say whether, since 1987, there are now
     9        more, or less, trees in America than there were in 1987?
              A.  The trend that is elicited to in the book says there
    10        would be more.
 
    11   Q.   Now, the total volume of timber on timber land in the
              United States -- Again, are we dealing in cubic feet ---
    12        A.  Yes, million cubic feet.
 
    13   Q.   -- In millions of cubic feet -- was in 1987, 831,314
              million cubic feet?
    14        A.  Yes.
 
    15   Q.   Then we need another figure, Mr. Kouchoukos, also from
              this volume; page 44 which is in the file 111, table 36 at
    16        the top of the page, where we find the land area of the
              United States.
    17
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Could I have that again?
    18
         MR. RAMPTON:  Page 111 of the bundle, page 44 of the document,
    19        table 36.  We see "Total United States" in the first
              column, do you see that?
    20        A.  Yes.
 
    21   Q.   Beside the categories of land.  The second one I want to
              look at - "Timberland", are these in acres or -----
    22        A.  Million acres, yes.
 
    23   Q.   What did you say?  Millions of acres, did you say?
              A.  Millions, yes.
    24
         Q.   There are 483.3 million acres of timberland in the United
    25        States in 1987?
              A.  Correct. 
    26 
         Q.   If we want to find out what is the average cubic footage 
    27        of trees per acre for timberland in the United States, do
              we divide the total cubic footage by the total acreage of
    28        timberland?
              A.  Yes, you would.
    29
         Q.   So, if we divide 131 million odd by 483 million odd, do we
    30        get about 1,720 cubic feet of wood per acre?
              A.  You do.

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