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Japanese woods are unsatisfactory. There is no reason why 

 these woods, properly graded, should not prove eminently satis- 

 factory for all purposes and that manufacturers located through- 

 out the various islands should not be able to undersell Oregon 

 pine in any sizes and still make a good profit. Very likely the 

 Philippine Islands will prove another large factor in supplying the 

 Chinese markets, as they are the closest to China of any islands 

 in the district. At present, however, there are practically no large 

 sawmilling enterprises in this whole district, the largest being one 

 in the Philippines with a capacity of about 30,000 board feet per 

 day. There is promise of a considerable development in modern 

 lumbering enterprise in the Philippines, but at present almost none 

 throughout the rest of the district. This is probably due to the 

 fact that the forests of the district can be economically handled 

 only by using the modern logging machinery, such as is used in 

 northwestern United States and Canada, and to the fact that the 

 Americans who are more familiar with such work are the only 

 ones who have developed the use of modern logging machinery in 

 the forests of the district. But it is only a question of a very 

 short time until modern logging will be found widely in practice 

 over this entire district. 



The fourth source of supply for imported woods at present is 

 Australia and New Zealand. The amounts from there are rather 

 small and are made up nearly altogether of railroad ties, etc., 

 where the durability of the Australian eucalypts gave them an 

 advantage over most other woods. It is not likely that the Aus- 

 tralian source of supply will ever be a very prominent factor in 

 the Chinese markets. The Australian ties (Jarrah wood) have 

 sold for as high as $1.75 gold each; but that was an extraordi- 

 narily high price — about $1.30 being a more representative value. 

 The Tasmanian woods, said to be very good for ties, have sold 

 for about $1.15 gold each. 



Trade Notes. 



For most of my information concerning Chinese woods and 

 wood trade, I am indebted to Mr. Sun Hwah Ting, the largest 

 dealer in these woods at Hang Kow. He was very kind in 

 explaining the elaborate system of measurements and prices which 

 governs the selling of the raft timber; and as he has been a dealer 

 in these woods for over thirty years he is very well acquainted 



