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cubic foot up to double that price for II quality. The following 

 comparison shows prices for different dimensions during the 

 last three years. The figures are per M ft. B. M. for 6, 8, 10 and 

 12 inch boards, the first set for II quality, the second for mill 

 run, wholesale, from Black Forest mills, the average price for 

 which figures out $18.97 P^^ M ft.; the third for the same, 

 selected for retail. 



The average price for a large order of pine, spruce and fir lumber 

 by the Prussian Railroad Department, to be delivered at vari- 

 ous stations, all II quality, varied between $25.75 ^^^ $3^, the 

 average for pine being $29.12, for spruce $27, and a little less for 

 fir. 



A comparison of average prices for 20 years of one-inch boards 

 at the Middle and Lower Rhine, from 1892 to 1911 shows the 

 following changes per 100 boards 16 inch: 



Pitch Pine and Red Pine boards sold at from $46.50 to $51.50 

 per M feet. 



