EXPORTING CENTRES 99 



transit from the ports of Riga, which is the chief 

 Russian port for this produce, Petrograd, Cronstadt, 

 and Archangel. The exports to Germany are princi- 

 pally floated down the Niemen to Konigsberg and down 

 the Vistula to Thorn, Schulitz, Dantzig, etc. 



So far as the values of the exports are concerned, Riga 

 holds the first place as an exporting centre, from whence 

 we get the trade name of " Riga pine." The chief 

 materials are planks, sleepers, squared timbers and 

 dressed timber and pit props, of which several millions 

 are annually exported abroad. Great Britain takes 

 the greater part of the Riga exports. Much of this 

 material holds a high place in the timber markets, 

 owing to its great excellence. Petrograd and Cronstadt 

 take second rank as exporting centres. The material 

 consists chiefly of sawn timber (planks), of which spruce 

 planks are the chief. Over 60 per cent, of these exports 

 come to Great Britain (Hull and London), 20 per cent, 

 to Holland (Dordrecht and Rotterdam), 10 per cent to 

 Germany, and the rest to France and Belgium (latter 

 2 per cent. only). 



Archangel takes the third place, planks being the 

 chief material exported, three-fourths of which are 

 sent to Great Britain, the remainder to Holland, 

 France, and Belgium. Tar, pitch, and turpentine are 

 also exported from Archangel in barrels, the greater 

 part coming to Great Britain, the remainder going to 

 Holland and Germany. On the White Sea after Arch- 

 angel comes the port of Onega, which exports abroad 

 considerable amounts of sawn timber. On the same 

 sea other ports of export are Kem and Kovda, Soroka 

 and Keret. 



