AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



197 



smaller than that of 1892. The following table shows the stocks of 

 timber on hand in the Clyde ports for several years. 



Comparative statement of stocks of timber, etc., on hand in the Clyde ports, from Greenook 

 to Glasgow, inclusive, from 1889 to 1893. 



PRICES. 



Wany board wood: 



21-inch (average long lengths) 



20-inch (average long lengths) $0.58 to 



18 and 19 inch (average long lengths) .... 

 Short timber : 



Prime, 20 and 21 inch, average 



First-class, 19 and 20 inch, average 



Second quality, 18 to 20 inch, average 



White pine : 



Prime deck planks, 50 to 55 feet, average . 



Good, fair average, 35 to 50 feet, average . 



Fair average, 35 to 45 feet, average 



Sqnare board wood, 35 to 40 feet, average 



Red pine, 40 feet, average 



Oak: 



Prime quality, 65 to 70 feet, average 



Second quality, 65 to 70 feet, average 



Plank 



Elm, 45 to 60 feet, average 



Birch, 18-inch, average 



Walnut lumber 



Logs, 21-inch, average, prime 



.66 

 ,42 

 .46 

 .42 

 ,36 

 60 



.75 



.48 

 .52 

 .46 

 .46 



.85 

 1.60 



