480 Tlic Country Gcntk 



Loads of Lasts 

 Years 5o Cubic Feet. of Two Tons. 



1853' - 248,402 



1854 - 292,767 



1855 - ^95,023 



1856 - 304,529 



1857 - 304,144 



1858 721,024 294,440 



1859 724,822 314,349 



i860 778,058 — 



1861 872,500 — 



1862 890,000 — 



1863 950,000 379,538 



1864 403,566 



SWEDEN. 



Wood of all kinds Exported. 



Years. ^'"^'^■ 



1815 to 1S19 average 161,000 



1820 „ 1824 „ 171,000 



1825 „ 1829 „ 191,000 



1830 195,000 



1831 172,000 



1832 181,000 



1833 209,000 



1834 208,000 



183s 226,000 



1836 234,000 



1837 232,000 



1838 242,000 



1S39 272,000 



1840 266,000 



Bulks, Masts, &c., Deals. 



Years. of Fir. Doz. 



1840 195,914 526,176 



1841 212,797 529,255 



1842 222,930 463,387 



1843 189,853 498,051 



1844 223,402 545,613 



1845 295,477 725,593 



1846 506,272 769,769 



1847 489,352 682,426 



Deals and Planks Beams, Rafters, 

 of Fir and Pine. Masts and Spars. 



Years. Doz. No. 



1851 865,533 429,600 



1853 915,171 586,902 



1854 1,075,389 685,305 



1855 1,753,306 555,015 



1856 1,816,541 640,337 



1857 1,129,385 703,092 



1858 978,345 615,719 



1859 1,353,813 653,089 



i860 •'■1,390,172 620,406 



1861 1,478,393 702,000 



1862 1,603,869 890,720 



1863 1,747,950 883,397 



The same rate of increase is visible in 



* Besides about 100,000 dozen of sawn planks, &c., 

 annually shipped. 



inaiis Magazine 



the imports into the United Kingdom from 

 Sweden and Norway, viz. :— 



UNITED KINGDOM. 



Loads of Timber not sazun or split imported from 



Sweden and Nonoay. 

 Years. Loads. 



1854 186,134 



1855 151,547 



1856 147,343 



1857 172,101 



1858 152,702 



1859 192,877 



i860 



1861 233,992 



1862 270,082 



1863 279,519 



1864 336,964 



1865 336,457 



1866 (six months) 196,794 



It will readily be understood that one 

 explanation of this large increase is due 

 to the alteration on timber duties, so 

 that Norway and Sweden have been 

 enabled to encroach on the Canadian 

 trade. Sweden now falls little short of that 

 colony in her shipments of timber into Eng- 

 land, and the removal of the duties may, 

 instead of an evil, prove a blessing to Canada 

 by restraining the excessive denudation of 

 timber which would otherwise have taken 

 place. 



In 1864 the importations into England 

 were from Canada, 2,938,300 standard; from 

 Sweden, 2,644,500; from Russia, 1,904,900; 

 from Norway, 1,504,500 ; and from other 

 countries, 123,800; a total of 9,120,000. 

 Thus Sweden with Norway supplies to her 

 over four-ninths of her deals, and over one- 

 half more than her own equally endowed pro- 

 vince of Canada. 



My Swedish correspondent seems to think 

 that the supply from Sweden had probably 

 reached a maximum in 1863 and 1864 (his 

 latest dates), but the statistics in the foregoing 

 pages scarcely support this view. The report 

 of fir from both Sweden and Norway in 1865 

 being 336,457, while that in the first half of 

 1866 (my latest date) was 196,794, or actu- 

 ally at the rate of one-eighth higher; but 

 even v/ere it otherwise there would be little 

 consolation for the Swedes in that, unless it 

 was due to their own self-control or pro- 



