184 AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



KINDS USED AND IMPORTED. 



Northern or white pine and Southern pine are the principal timbers 

 used. The imports amount to about 200,000 feet yearly at Fayal, and 

 probably not more than 500,000 feet to all the Azores all from the. 

 United States. 



DUTY AND PRICES. 



An import duty of about $11 per 1,000 feet, varying a little with the 

 dimensions of the lumber, is imposed. 

 The lumber is retailed at about $42 per 1,000. 



CLIMATE. 



The climate is temperate and equable and similar to that of the Ber- 

 mudas, but with cooler summers. The atmosphere is humid. The range 

 of the thermometer (Fahrenheit) during the summer is generally from 

 70 to 76 or 78 rarely rising above 80 or falling below 68. During 

 the winter its range is generally from 60 to 64 or 66, but during the 

 north winds, which are not prevalent, it frequently falls below this, 

 but rarely as low as 50, although during the tempestuous weather 

 of the afternoon of the 10th instant, during a slight fall of hail, the 

 thermometer fell for a short time to 45, but such an occurrence I am 

 told is rare. 



GENERAL BUILDING. 



Building operations are very limited. A few boats for fishing and 

 for communication with the adjacent island of Pico, are built here, but 

 rarely any larger boats. 



There are no railroads unless the two might be so called that are in 

 use in the construction of the breakwaters that are being built at 

 Fayal and at St. Michaels, which are only a little longer than the 

 length of the breakwater upon which they are used. 



The few buildings being constructed are of stone with the smallest 

 possible amount of wood finishings. 



LEWIS DEXTER, 

 Consul. 



FATAL, January 18, 1894. 



RUSSIA. 

 RIGA. 



NATIVE WOODS. 



This is one of the largest lumber exporting districts of Russia, the 

 value of its lumber exports amounting to about $6,000,000 per annum. 



