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buckets, &c., has been for many ages a work of domestic 

 industry, the products of which are exported to Denmark 

 and Northern Germany. Little is done in ornamental 

 woodwork as yet ; and the same may be said of children's 

 toys. German and Russian toys are what are generally 

 met with in shops. 



There were in this year 11 coachbuilders' establish- 

 ments, but much is done also in workshops, and in the 

 country many people make their own waggons and sledges, 

 and in some localities, as, for example, at Uskela, they 

 make them for sale. The two-wheeled and four-wheeled 

 vehicles made at Abo have great repute. 



The railways of the country must consume a great deal 

 of timber in the construction of sleepers, stations, waggons, 

 and in the repairs from time to time required. In 1878 

 the railways in Finland measured in extent 820 versts, or 

 547 miles. 



In connection with this reference may be made to 

 the consumption of vvood in fences, reported by Dr Heugh 

 as amounting to 754 millions of cubic feet in a year. 



SECTION D. INDUSTRIES IN WHICH WOOD is 

 MADE USE OF. 



The manufacture of matches is a new industry to find a 

 place amongst trades carried on on an extensive scale. 

 Formerly, in Scotland at least, it used to be a handicraft 

 practised by beggar women and old meo, successors of the 

 ' gaberlunzie ' beggars of a previous age, and it was followed 

 very much as a cover for begging. There are now match 

 manufactories in. many of the towns of Finland. The 

 oldest of these is the match manufactory of Sofiegarten, 

 near Bjorneborg, which, some twenty years ago [1863], 

 was one of the largest establishments of the kind in 

 Europe, and, according to Finnish report, the most 

 renowned both for the quality and the quantity of its 



