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The highest prices reached hy the different commodities are sIkavii 

 in the following table. The numbers represent prices as compared witli 

 the assumed basis of lOO. the average price from Jwly, 191 3, to June, 

 1914: 



Highest Price Levels, igj^-igiS 



UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATICS 



Pine lumber 368 IMar.. 191", to Dec, 1918. 137 July to Dec, i()i.S. 



Logwood 250 Nov., 1917, to Dec, 1918. 467 May, 1916. 



Fustic 429 Sept., 1918, to Dec, 1918. 500 Sept., 1918. 



Turpentine 407 Jan., 1918. 156 Nov. to Dec, 1918. 



Shellac 551 Mar., 1918. 355 Sept. to Nov., 1918. 



Soda pulp 654 April to June, 191 7. 273 Mar., 19 17. 



Sulphite pulp 526 May to July, 1917. 284 Feb., 1917. 



Ground pulp 695 June and July. 1917. 222 Mar., 1917. 



Acetone 322 Apr. to Aug., 1916. 347 Mar. and Apr.. 1916. 



Acetic acid 701 Aug. to Dec, 1918. 585 June, 1918. 



Acetate of lime.... 444 Aug., 1917, to Dec. 1018. 365 Feb. to Aug., 1916, 



AUSTRALIA 



Pine flooring 238 Dec, 1918. 173 Apr. to June. 1918. 



Resin 244 July, 1918. 387 No\-., igi8. 



Turpentine 19S July, 1918. 156 Xov. and Dec, 1918. 



ITALY 



Pine boards 288 I'eb., 1916. 213 July to Dec, 1918. 



Pine timl>ers 190 \'ov., 1915, to Dec, 1916. 193 Jan. to Sept., 1918. 



P't'-li-i)ine boards.. 370 Dec. 1916. 213 July to Dec, 1918. 



Pitcli-pine timbers. . 1,241 .Xov.. 1918. 193 Jan. to Sept.. 1918. 



T^inc boards 221 Mar. to May., 1918. 167 July to Dec, 1918. 



Shingles 206 .''>pt.. 1917, to June, 1918. 184 May, 1917. 



Xewsprint 279 Oct.. 1918. 172 X'ov. and Dec, 1918. 



Cedar boards 196 Mar. to ^lay., 1918. ] 



Cedar logs 134 Dec, 1917, to Oct., 1918. | 



Cedar timliers .... 2^3 .\pr. to Oct., 1918. | 



Pine logs 167 Apr. to Oct., 1918. | 



Pine timbers 200 .Apr. to Oct.. 1918. | Xo American items 



Keyaki timbers . . . 120 Oct., 1916, to Oct.. 1918. [ to correspond with 



Moni timbers 222 .\pr. to Oct., 1018. | these. 



Chestnut R. R. ties 194 I\Iay, 1918. I 



leaner mine 236 Oct., 1918. | 



Charcoal 276 Dec, 1917, and Sept.. 1918. | 



Firewood 150 Sept. and Oct., 1018. J 



INDIA 



Teakwood 107 Sept.. 1915. 



XoTE. — Australian quotations for resin and turpentine end with July. 19 18. The 

 quotation on pine flooring for November, 1918, is also missing. The American 

 figures for flooring end with September, 1918. 



Italian quotations end with 1916, e.xcept those for pitch-pine timbers, whicli 

 are given for December, 1917, to December, 1918. 



Japanese figures end with October, 1918. and those for India in July, 1917. 



