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THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



TABLE 11. Comparison of selling prices, in cents per cubic foot, of timber in various 



countries. 



The highest prices for hewn as well as unhewn timber were com- 

 manded by Canada and the United States, as these countries supplied 

 the largest logs. The timber from Russia contained a great deal' of 

 small logs for mines. That from Sweden and Norway was at the 

 lowest prices because it contained very small logs. France ships to 

 England pulp wood only, and such timber is practically on a par with 

 firewood. For sawed lumber, Germany and America commanded the 

 highest prices. 



Tables 12 and 13 are of interest as giving details of timber values. 



TABLE 12. Stumpage prices, in cents per cubic foot, of timber in the south of England, 



1904-1905* 



Price. 



Prime clean oak, standing 



Rougher oak 



Clean-grown ash 



Beech, 20 inches in diameter and upward. . . 



Elm 



Good clean willow, suitable for cricket bats. 



Hard woods, small dimensions 



Larch 



Scotch pine and spruce 



44 

 60 



24 to 32 

 24 

 60 



12 to 18 



24 to 28 



8tol6 



a W. Stone. From Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. 1906, pp. 204-5. 

 TABLE 13. Approximate value, in cents per cubic foot, of timber, 1902. a 



a From Minutes of Evidence, Departmental Committee, British Forestry, 1903, p. 171. 

 6 And upward. 



