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that lumber manufacturers in the Malay districts might take ad- 

 vantage of that also. 



For Vehicles. 



Chinese woods (mainly scattered trees, fruit trees, etc.) are 

 most used. The native vehicle on the whole is an extremely 

 clumsy one, designed to carry heavy loads over the roughest 

 imaginable roads. In recent years some Japanese wood has been 

 used in vehicle making. 



The importation of vehicle woods should increase very rapidly, 

 as in many cities, and even some country districts, roads are being 

 made where before were none worthy the name, and with such 

 roads comes the modern vehicle. 



For Minor Wood Industries. 



Mulberry wood is burned for the lampblack used in making ink. 

 It is also used in paper making. The wood oil industry is very im- 

 portant in places. Perhaps mose interesting is the bamboo, which 

 is used for almost everything the mind could conceive. 



Chinese Timber Tariff. 



On practically all soft wood and railroad ties there is a tariff of 

 69 cents per thousand board feet, except in shipments which have 

 tongue-and-groove flooring in excess of 10 %, and on masts and 

 spars, on which there is a tariff of 5% of the value. Hardwood 

 beams and planks pay about i 2/10 cents per cubic foot; hard 

 wood masts and spars pay 5% of the value. Teak wood of all 

 sizes pays about 4 9/10 cents per cubic foot. Lath pays at the rate 

 of 12 6/10 cents per thousand. 



Some idea of the costs of unloading ships, etc., may be had from 

 the following table showing such costs at Tientsin : 



River dues, 1/5 of 1%. 



Charge for lighters for wharfage, about $1.80 per lighter holding 



about 300,000 board feet. 

 For the French Municipality, about 3^ cents per thousand. 

 For donkey engines, etc., on lighter to discharge same, about $6.00 



per day. 

 For stevedoring, about 42 cents per thousand. 

 Or a total of about v$2.85 per thousand to get the lumber to the 



yards. 



For delivering lumber in town, the costs vary from about 30 

 cents to 70 cents a thousand. To load railway cars costs about 20 

 cents per M feet. In Hong Kong, the cost from ship to yard is a 

 little under 1.8 cents- a cubic foot, which would include one month's 

 storage. Generally, sales are made on one month's sight. 



