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AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



lisli are of no avail. An earnest effort in the proper way can secure 

 the lumber market of Southern France to the United States. 



CLAUDE M. THOMAS, 

 MARSEILLES, May 19, 1894. Consul. 



GERMANY. 



IMPORTS OF LUMBER. 



The importation of lumber into Germany during 1892 is given as 

 follows : 



Lumber, raw or cut only with the ax or saw in cross sections, with or 

 without bark, 54,174,000 marks ; lumber, cut in longitudinal sections or 

 otherwise cut than in cross section, 45,640,000 marks; lumber, cut or 

 sawed, but not planed, in the longitudinal section (so-called "kan- 

 tholz"), 40,200,000 marks 5 makingthe total value, 140,014,000 marks, or 

 $33,323,000. 



Of the whole importation of lumber into Germany about 70,000,000 

 kilograms came from the United States. 



DUTIES.* 

 The import duty on foreign lumber in Germany is as follows : 



HAMBURG, February 7, 1894. 



CHARLES H. BURKE, 



Acting Consul. 



* Consul-general Mason, of Frankfort on the Main, gives the following statement of 

 duties per ton : 



[Schedule A : Kates conceded to most favored nations, includes the United States. Schedule B : Gen- 

 eral rates of duty assessed on timber from nontreaty countries.] 



