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BAVARIA. 



NATIVE WOODS. 



The principal native woods of the Kingdom of Bavaria are pine, fir, 

 oak, red and white beech. Stone pine, white pine, larch, alder, ash, 

 maple, birch, nut, aspen, elm, and linden are also produced, but in less 

 quantities. 



KINDS OF LUMBER USED. 



Pine, fir, oak, and beech are principally used for lumber, the first 

 two being preferred. 



IMPORTS OF LUMBER. 



No statistics exist in reference to the importation of lumber into 

 Bavaria, but of pine and fir only very little is imported. 



American pitch pine, walnut, and teak are largely imported into 

 Bavaria, especially for railroad wagons and furniture, and cedar in 

 considerable quantities for lead pencils. 



Oak staves and oak boards, the latter for parquetry, are mainly 

 imported into Bavaria from Austria-Hungary, and nutwood from. Italy 

 and Switzerland. 



PRICES. 



The following prices are paid for lumber in Nuremberg, viz : 



Pine, fir : 



Unwrought marks per cubic meter. . 15 to 20 



Sawn or cut do 25 to 30 



Oak: 



Un wrought do 40 to 70 



Sawn or cut do 80 to 110 



Beech : 



Un wrought do 12 to 30 



Sawn or cut do 30 to 40 



CLIMATE. 



The climate in Bavaria is moderate. The average temperature isras 

 follows: Spring, 46 J F. ; summer, 64 ; autumn, 47; winter, 31. 



GENERAL BUILDING. 



General building was carried on on a large scale until two years ago. 

 Since that time it has decreased enormously. Shipbuilding in Bavaria 

 is of no importance, but much lumber is used for railroad building. 

 The largest railroad WBgon factory of Bavaria, " Maschinenbau Actien- 

 gesellschaft Number g," is in this city (Nuremberg), and I am informed 

 that this company consumes about 5,000 to 6,000 cubic meters of lum- 

 ber a year, one-half of which is native, the other half foreign, mostly 

 American, bought through Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Antwerp houses. 



