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AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



ECUADOR. 



NATIVE WOODS. 



The following table exhibits a great variety of valuable woods found 

 in Ecuador, in the province of Guayas alone, and particularly about 

 Chougan, Balzar, Fama, and Puna.* 



The table shows the local names, the color, length of log which may 

 be cut from a tree, and the number of years each is calculated to endure. 



Several of these woods are unique cabinet woods. I have indicated 

 the general uses for which they may be severally employed, and in 

 another place some further particulars about some of them. 



As far as I can find out, there is no timber here like our pine which 

 can be used to make the light planks in general use in house building, 

 etc. Consequently, pine lumber is imported here from Mississippi, 

 shipped from the port of Biloxi. 



List of native woods. 



a Size is the length of a log which can be cut from a tree. 



The foregoing woods are all found in the province of Guayas, in 

 which Guayaquil is situated. 



Of the woods in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Monchi, on the 

 upper coast, and of those in the southern provinces of Del Oro and 



* Consul-General Dillard acknowledges his indebtedness to Senor Don Ignacio 

 Robbs for valuable statistics used in the preparation of this report. 



