152 AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



The prices of the lumber here in the Vienna market range about as 

 follows: 



Pine timbers for roof, 10 by 13 to 16 by 18 centimeters broad, and 10 

 meters long, 13 to 14 florins* per cubic meter; 18 by 20 to 21 by 24 

 centimeters broad, and 10 meters long, 14 to 16 florins per cubic meter; 

 18 by 24 centimeters broad, and 6 to 8 meters long, 13 to 15 florins 

 per cubic meter. Pine boards, according to quality, 15 to 22 florins; 

 oak boards not assorted, 38 to 45 florins. 



Staves for hectoliter (barrels which hold 100 liters), one-fourth hec- 

 toliter, 1 to 1.60 florins; one-half hectoliter, 1.50 to 2.30 florins; 1 hec- 

 toliter, 2.40 to 3.30 florins. 



Staves for transportation : Barrels containing from 3 to 13 hectoliters, 

 2 to 2.10 florins per hectoliter. Staves for storage: Barrels containing 

 from 20 to 80 hectoliters, 2.20 to 3.40 florins. 



EXPORTS OF LUMBER. 



The following table shows the export of lumber from Austria-Hun- 

 gary for the first eleven months of 1893 : 



Timber: Metric centners.t 



Raw, hard 595,622 



Raw, soft 8,059,049 



Hewn, hard 322,709 



Hewn, soft 788,737 



Stave* 1,401,299 



Railroad ties 481,690 



Sawn wood, hard 810,930 



Sawn wood, soft 5,780,531 



Timber, not European 105 



Total 18,240,672 



Most of the above went to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzer- 

 land, Greece, Egypt, Holland, Belgium, Bulgaria, and the British 

 Dominions on the Mediterranean Sea. 



IMPORTS OF LUMBER. 



The following table shows the imports of lumber into Austria-Hun- 

 gary for the first eleven months of 1893 : 



Timber: Metric centners. 



Raw, hard 92,559 



Raw, soft 151,714 



Hewn, hard 27,330 



Hewn, soft 35,029 



Staves (from the United States direct) 39,727 



Railroad ties (nearly all from Russia) 142,640 



Sawn wood, hard (from the United States direct) 49, 635 



Sawn wood, soft (from the United States direct) 135, 298 



Timber (from the United States direct) 61,358 



All other 33,470 



Total imports 769,160 



The consul-general estimates the florin at 39 to 40 centa. 

 t Metric centner = 220.46 pounds. 



