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composing contiguous sides crossing each other at the 

 corner. 1 have found it convenient to class together 

 house-building and carpentry, and in this I include 

 cabinet-making, coach -building, and the production of 

 railway sleepers, and construction and repairs of railway 

 carriages and waggons. 



Having stated the measurements prescribed by the 

 Instructions issued under date of 13th May, relative to the 

 sizes of wood to be supplied for different applications in 

 shipbuilding, I may, before proceeding further with my 

 narrative, state here what sizes of wood were in these 

 instructions prescribed for different purposes connected 

 with house-building and carpentry. These were classified 

 thus : 



1. Large timber of pine or fir, which can be made into 

 balks and beams fit to be employed in the construction of 

 mills and other great machinery. Trunks not less than 

 24 feet long, and a diameter at upper end not less than 

 13J dec. 



2. Logs or saw timber of pine or fir measuring not less 

 than 10 inches at smallest diameter, and of lengths speci- 

 fied thus large logs not less than 24 feet long, middle 

 sized logs not less than 15 feet, and lesser logs 11 J feet. 



3. Building timber of pine or fir : 



(a.) Timber with a diameter of at least 7 dec. at upper 

 end, and of the following classes : large timber, at least 

 36 feet long; middle-sized timber, 30 feet long; arid 

 lesser timber, 24 feet. 



(b.} Rafters at least 30 feet long, with a bottom diameter 

 of at least 9 dec. 



(c.) Spars at least 24 feet long, with a bottom diameter 

 of at least 7 dec. 



4. Beams and railway sleepers. Resinous pir^e. Beams 

 8J feet long, and 10 dec. in diameter, can be employed as 

 such, even though they may have a twist. 



5. Telegraph poles of pine or fir, 5 fathoms long, with 

 an upper diameter of at least 3 dec. 



6. Lathwood of pine trunk at least 8 feet long, free 



