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SUPPLIES OF TIMBER FROM ABROAD. 



[Jan. 



Sweden and Novwcay, . 



Eussia, 



Germany, . 



British North America, 



United States, . 



British India, 



All other Countries, 



Average total, 



Staves, all descriptions. 

 Mahogany (tons), 



HEWN TIMBER. 



586,953 loads, worth 



264,308 



269,994 



293,899 

 (about) 130,000 

 (about) 40,000 



319,926 



£918,584 

 530,618 

 739,385 



1,283,354 



(about) 400,000 



(about) 475,000 



404,345 



1,905,080 



£4,751,286 



114,754 loads annually, worth £550,674 

 42,818 „ „ 390,113 



Now, to look at Sweden and Norway, first in importance to 

 British timber consumers, Dr. Lj^ons would almost have us lielieve 

 that the quantity of timber available in Scandinavia will in a few 

 years be so very much reduced, that there will be very little more 

 than is required for domestic consumption. This generalized 

 statement I consider entirely opposed to facts. When the total 

 exports from Sweden, for instance, are taken for the last eighteen 

 years and analyzed, they show a wonderful increase in c^uantity, but 

 without any appreciable enhancement of price, which could not 

 have occurred if Dr. Lyons' theory of a scarcity of growing wood 

 had any foundation. The development of the Swedish export of 

 sawn and planed wood may be seen from the following, viz. : — ■ 



340,659 Petersburg standards (of 165 cubic feet). 



