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AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



The following table gives the importations of lumber for the past 

 eight years, and whence imported : 



* As in the original. t Included in clear pine. 



Laths, pickets, and doors from the United States, Canada, and the Baltic. 



DUTY. 



The duties on timber in this colony may be summarized as follows : 



Oregon (Puget Sound) fir: 



12 by 6 or equivalent per 100 superficial feet.. $0.36 



7 by 2$ or equivalent up to 12 by 6 do 60 



Shelving and tongue-aud-groove sheathing (American), flooring, lining, and weatherboards 



(Baltic) per 100 superficial feet.. 



Timber cut into shapes for making boxes per cubic foot.. 



Timber not otherwise enumerated, of sizes under? by 2J per 100 superficial feet 



Laths. 



.36 

 .12 

 .97 

 1.21 

 Pickets: 



Undressed do... .12 



Dressed per 100.. .12 



Shingle. perM.. .18 



.perM. 



