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AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



CLIMATE. 



The climate of this district is salubrious, the thermometer ranging 

 from 60 to 90 Fahrenheit. 



GENERAL BUILDING. 



House and ship building are not carried on very extensively here. 

 Mining and other industries consume the principal portion of the lum- 

 ber imported. 



EXTENSION OF LUMBER TRADE. 



The lumber trade could be extended considerably if parties interested 

 would establish a branch house in this city. The business people here 

 do not take enough interest in the lumber trade, and during half of the 

 year the market is without proper assortments. 



JAS. VIOSOA, 



Consul. 

 LA PAZ, January 19, 1894. 



MAZATLAN. 



NATIVE WOODS. 



There are hundreds of varieties of almost indestructible hard con- 

 struction woods in the forests of this section, which, as yet, are not well 

 known in the United States. The following is a list of a few of the 

 most common: 



Alamo, 



Alizo, 



Amapa (black and white), 



Array n, 



Asta, 



Binol Blanco, 



Brazil, 



Cabo de hacba, 



Cocoba, 



Cedro (white and red cedar), 



Ebano (white and black ebony), 



Gnayac&n, 



Gnasima, 



Higue>o, 



Huinacxtle, 



Haba, 



Huamuchil, 



Lignum vitae 



Mangle, 



Mesquite, 



Mora, 



Nogal, 



Pine, 



Palo fiero, 



Palo Colorado, 



Palo dulce, 



Roble, 



Tecomate, 



Tepemesquite, 



Venadille, etc., etc. 



KINDS OF LUMBER USED. 



The only lumber used here is that imported from the United States. 

 The reason American lumber is used exclusively is that all native 

 woods close to the coast are very hard, while the sawing is done by 

 hand, with very poor tools. The pine ranges, which abound in lumber, 

 are inaccessible on account of the want of easy communicatation. 



