178 



AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



Imports of lumber into Hamburg Continued. 



During 1893 there were imported into Liibeck as follows: 



* Standards of 4 tons each. 



During 1892 the imports of straight timber at Kiel amounted to 

 117,980 cubic meters, besides 436,880 kilos of sleepers. The timber 

 arrived from the following countries: 



Cubic meters. 



German Empire 37,823 



Bussia 25,413 



Sweden 53,534 



Norway 226 



The Netherlands 969 



Denmark 15 



Sweden and Finland supply rafters and pine and fir boards. Sta- 

 tistics of the importation of lumber into the port of Flensburg are not 

 obtainable. 



CLIMATE. 



The climate of the Hamburg consular district is by no means a pleas- 

 ant one. Easterly cold winds prevail in winter and southwesterly 

 winds, with much rain, in summer. Last summer, however, was an 

 exceptionally dry one, so dry that, owing to the partial failure of the 

 hay crop, the farmers were compelled to import hay from other coun- 

 tries, the United States being among these. 



