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Grimsby. The quantity of lumber imported into the Tyne for the year 

 ending December 31, 1893, was as follows: 



NOTE. A load of lumber is usually 50 cubic feet of squared timber; 40 cubic feet of unhewn timber 

 and 600 superficial feet of inch planking. 



PRICES. 



The average prices of the sorts mentioned are: Deals and battens, 

 from 5 to 8 8s. per standard of 165 cubic feet, known as St. Peters- 

 burg standard; planed boards, about 8 8s. to 10 10s. per standard; 

 square timber, depends on size of log; pine, average sizes, Is. 6$. per 

 cubic foot up to 2s. 6d. for large size; railway ties, sold by size, about 6s. 

 per 72 running feet. 



GENERAL BTJILDINGK 



This consular district is one of the most important shipbuilding dis- 

 tricts in the United Kingdom, but the material used is exclusively iron. 

 No important structures of wood are ever erected in England. 



EXTENSION OF LUMBER TRADE. 



The trade here is a very old-established one, and the dealers are well 

 aware of all the world's sources of supply. The cost to deliver here is 

 the principal question to consider, and in this the sea freight cuts the 

 chief figure. For the class of lumber here mentioned the long Atlantic 

 voyage can not be expected to successfully compete with the shorter 

 one from the adjacent ports of the Baltic. 



WM. S. CAMPBELL, 



Consul. 

 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, February 15, 1894. 



