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Sales. 



ANNUAL TIMBER SALE, HOLKHAM PARK, NORFOLK. 



THE annual sale of timber in Holkham Park took place on the 

 12 th November last. 

 There was a large company of buyers, both local and from a 

 distance, comprising Hobbs, Peterborough ; Wright, Hempton ; Hath- 

 way, North Walsliam ; Gallant, Norwich ; Pye and Springall, Lynn, 

 timber merchants, also several farmers, machinists, and wheelwrights, 

 etc., belonging to the district. 



The competition was brisk, and tlie prices realized were as 

 follows : — 



The sale of the wooden erection in which the International 

 FoKESTRY Exhibition was held, was effected on the 12th and 13th 

 November. The building was recently taken down and the wood- 

 work collected in piles or lots ; but all the detached wooden buildings, 

 such as the entrance vestibule and the committee-rooms, were left 

 entire, with the view of being sold as they stood. All through the 

 demand was spirited, and good prices were realized for the planks, 

 felt roofing, windows, doors, etc. The detached buildings were sold 

 last, and the prices of these were regarded as very cheap. Most of 

 them were in the form of chalets, and could be utilized as shooting 

 Ijoxes or stores. The principal building of this description was the 

 committee-room, which started at £60, and was sold for £80, but 

 this has since been re-exposed; the entrance vestibule for £31, and 

 the refreshment-room at the goods entrance for £18. Other sales 

 were : — The band stand, £7 ; rustic house, covered with bark, with 

 diamond-paned windows, used as the office of the L'awson Seed and 

 Nursery Company, £2, 7s. 6d. ; covered shed, about 20 feet square, 

 £5, 10s.; ladies' lavatory, £8; toolhouse, £3; Japanese arbour, 

 wood-tiled, £l, 12s. ; Japanese shanty with folding shutters, £4, 15s.; 

 large shed, £7, 10s. ; another, £9; and watchman's box, £2, 12s. 6d. 



