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which skirt the shores of the Upper Parang and the ship-loads, which in the last few 

 years have gone forward to the cabinet and fine-furniture manufactories of France 

 and Germany, have so greatly exceeded the expectations as to their value as to 

 make them more anxious for greater supplies. Indeed it will not be surprising 

 if the tables will yet be turned, and even the United States, after having quite 

 exhausted her own forests in supplying the foreign demand, will, in time, be com- 

 pelled to look to the Argentine Republic for a considerable portion of its lumber. 



E. L. BAKER, 



Consul. 

 BUENOS AYRES, June 20, 1S8S. 



BRAZIL. 



RIO DE JANEIRO. 

 NATIVE WOODS. 



The magnificence of the forests of Brazil and the variety of the 

 woods they contain would demand a far more extensive treatment ol 

 the subject than is admissible in an essentially commercial report. In 

 Amazonas alone, 30 kinds of timber for building and 13 for cabinet- 

 making are said to exist, while the rest of this vast country presents 

 an enormous variety of the most luxuriant trees, useful for their tim- 

 ber as well as for sundry other purposes. If they are not used as they 

 merit it is owing to the scarcity of labor and the want of proper means 

 of communication, making in the most cases the native dearer than the 

 imported woods. I will therefore only mention those commonly em- 

 ployed for building and other uses. 



The^ero&a, the tupinhoa, for naval construction 5 the^ao brazil (Brazil 

 wood), the cabiuna (brown rosewood), the cedro (cedar), the massaran- 

 duba,ihe sapucaia, and the laurel are much employed in the lining of ves- 

 sels. The pdo d'oleo, the goncalo alves, the black and brown canella, 

 the licurana, and the iron wood (pdo ferro) are also used for ship con- 

 struction. 



The peroba, the cedro, the vinhatico, ihepdo d'oleo, the jacaranda, the 

 pdo marfim (ivory wood), the pdo setim (satin wood), the ebony, the 

 licurana, and the ipe are used in cabinet and joiner work. 



KINDS OF LUMBER IN USE. 



The kinds of lumber preferred are the American and Swedish pine 

 and the native canella and peroba for construction, and the native 

 vinhatico jacaranda for cabinet and joiner work. 

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