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Java teak ( Tectona grandis) of various dimensions ; African Black- 
wood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), shipped as Granadillo, a name also 
applied by shippers to the Cocus woods above mentioned ; Bahama 
lignum vitae, manufactured and sold as boxwood in this country ; 
Partridge wood (Andira sp.), known also as ebony to shippers ; 
Hickory picking-sticks (Carya sp.) for weaving looms; Bahia 
rosewood (Dalbergia sp. ?) in logs of 12 ft. by 1 ft. to 2 ft. ; lignum 
vitae (Guaiacum officinale), This timber has of late often taken 
the place of brass in engineering, and for stern tubes in shipbuilding. 
essrs. Gardner usually have from 600 to 700 tons of lignum 
vitae in stock ; Hackia wood (Jzora ferrea) from Demerara, used 
for fishing-rods, bows and arrows; Majagua or Blue Mahoe 
(Ahbiseus elatus) in the round from Cuba where it is used for furniture 
making. In this country it is valued on account of its elasticity for 
fishing rods. Some logs of Java rosewood and Madagascar red woo 
were also noted, also a considerable number of ash oars, including a 
consignment waiting indefinitely for shipment to Galatz. 
OIL-sEEDS and O1Ls.—Several steamers from the West Coast 
_ Fruits, &c.—In the African sheds large quantities of bananas 
in crates were being unloaded from Elder-Dempster steamers. 
e were from the Canary Islands, which exported during the 
year 1911, 2,648,378 crates, Gu Britain taking 1,461,866 crates. 
rom Canada and the United States of America thousands of barrels 
of sree could be observed, also barrels of grapes from Almeria 
and Valencia. Lemons‘in crates and pomegranates in cases from 
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