224 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following prices are 

 importer, a few months ag 

 prices. The prices include 

 station : — 



taken from the invoice of a timber 

 o, before the recent sudden rise in 

 delivery, carriage free, at an inland 



The 3 ins. by 1 1 ins. and 3 ins. by 9 ins. are of the best carpenter 

 sizes of deals, and the other sizes are the best obtainable class 

 of whitewood batten. The 3 ins. by 9 ins. and 3 ins. by 7 ins. 

 red are of the best carpentry quality of deal, and the 2\ ins. by 

 6 ins. batten is the best roofing or sleeper quality. This timber 

 is all Russian and Swedish. Generally speaking, therefore, it 

 may be stated that best quality foreign timber of standard deal 

 sizes for building or similar purposes costs from is. 2d. to is. 9d. 

 per cubic foot for white, and from is. 3d. to 2s. 3d. for red. In 

 log sizes the price is considerably higher. 



Home timber of similar quality is worth about iid. for white 

 and IS. or is. id. for red, free on rail — that is, little more than 

 one-half of the rates current for foreign wood. Owing to the 

 smallness of supply and the difficulties of organizing the 

 trade so perfectly as that for foreign wood, it is scarcely 

 to be expected that the price for home timber can be quite 

 as high as the price for foreign timber of the same quality. 

 There seems no reason, however, why at least is. 6d. should not 

 be got for whitewood and is. 9d. for redwood. This last price 

 is given for home-grown larch in the wagon trade, for sizes 



