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GENERAL BUILDING. 



There is only the ordinary building usual in an English city, all of 

 orick or stoiie. Wood is used only for interiors ; hence much less lumber 

 is required than in countries where wooden or frame houses are com- 

 mon. In general building Baltic wood is mostly used and a great deal 

 of the very cheapest of it in the poorer houses. There is no railroad- 

 ouildiug going on in this district, and, as this is an interior point, of 

 sourse no shipbuilding, though there are a few canal boats built here. 



EXTENSION OP LUMBER TRADE. 



I should say the best way to increase trade with the United States 

 should be for the mill owners and lumber dealers to send a full line of 

 samples with the lowest prices to the lumber merchants of this coun- 

 try. There is an impression here that the American oaks are not of 

 first-class quality, and very little is known of the long-leaf or yellow 

 pine of the southern part of the United States, the Norway pitch pine 

 being in common use and near at hand to the ports on the east coast 

 of England and Scotland, through which ports it is distributed to all 

 interior points. 



NORFLEET HARRIS, 



Consul. 



LEEDS, March 7, 1894. 



LIVERPOOL. 



NATIVE WOODS. 



The native woods used in this district are very numerous, but very 

 few come into competition with woods from other countries. The chief 

 native woods are oak, ash, sycamore, elm, birch, hickory, and fir. 



KINDS OF LUMBER USED. 



The most extensively used are oak and fir, and they are also the 

 most valuable woods; the former are used for railway carriages, build- 

 ing, etc. 



IMPORTS OF LUMBER. 



The following table, calculated at the end of the import seasons of 

 1891, 1892, and 1893, shows the quantities and descriptions of lumber 

 imported at this port during the years named, and the countries from 

 which imported, but do not include furniture woods: 



