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drecl and ninety-four; total, forty-one million five hundred and 

 eighty-six thousand nine hundred and thirty-six feet. 



The other mills in the mountains cut an immense amount of lum- 

 ber each year. The millions of feet that supply the mines of Nevada 

 are cut in California, and there are many little mills that supply only 

 local demands. 



ANNUAL RECEIPTS OF LUMBER IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



Only a portion of the lumber cut in the State finds its way to the 

 San Francisco markets. The receipts of lumber in this market since 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-two have been as follows: 



1872 236,868,900 feet. || 1875 306,324,198 feet. 



1873 203,329,441 feet, i 1876 304,165,857 feet. 



1874 253,250,564 feet. I 1877 275,776,094 feet. 



The receipts for December of last year, included in the above 

 statement, have been estimated at twenty million feet. This lumber 

 embraces Puget Sound and Oregon pine, rough and dressed, fencing 

 and pickets, and California spruce, cedar, maple, ash, redwood, etc., 

 railroad ties, telegraph poles, and other timber. In eighteen hun- 

 dred and seventy-two over six million railroad ties were received in 

 this city, and six hundred and seventy-three thousand telegraph 

 poles. In eighteen hundred and seventy-six only one hundred and 

 eight thousand ties and one hundred and seventy-seven thousand 

 six hundred and sixty-two poles were furnished. Oregon and Puget 

 Sound pine is in greater demand than California redwood, and a 

 much larger quantity is brought to market. But besides this lumber 

 large quantities of shingles, laths, posts, piles, spars, knees, boards, 

 etc., are received. We export lumber to Peru, Honolulu, Australia, 

 Mexico, Tahiti, Chile, Apia, Central America, Siberia, Japan, Pan- 

 ama, Marquesas, British Columbia, and New Zealand. In eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-six we exported ten million four hundred and 

 ninety-six thousand feet of lumber to the above countries, besides 

 shingles, poles, spokes, ties, etc., valued at two hundred and thirty- 

 three thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars. This does not 

 include the large quantities shipped directly from the mills, which 

 would raise the total to much larger figures, but only that lumber 

 exported from this port. 



The following is the schedule of prices adopted by the Pine Manu- 

 facturers' Association, December ninth, eighteen hundred and sev- 

 enty-seven, per one thousand feet, for foreign shipment : 



Rough, under forty feet 



Rough, forty to fifty feet 



Rough, clear 



Rough, fifty to sixty feet 



Rough, sixty fret ami over, at special rates, not less than 



Rough hoards, fencing, and 1x3 and 1x4 



Flooring and stepping 



Laths 



For coastwise shipments (domestic ports) : 



Rough, under forty feet 



Rough, forty In sixty feet 



Rough, sixty feet and over 



Flooring and stepping 



Laths 



