204 TIMBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS IN 1915 



imported and prices realised during 1913 and 1915 

 respectively l : 





During 1915 therefore we paid about one and a half 

 million pounds sterling less than in 1913 for our forestry 

 imports, but we received nothing like the same amount 

 of materials for this 41,000,000 roughly speaking 

 only about three-fifths ; nor are we likely to do so in 

 the years to come and probably never shall again. 

 Nearly three-fourths of our imports fall in the first 

 three groups, coniferous timbers (firs and pines) and 

 pitwoods. Of these we imported in 1913 11,016,838 

 loads valued at 29,878, 179, whilst in 1915 only 7, 255,323 

 loads were imported, for which we paid 30,062,699 

 an increase of price of from 27 to 4*1 per load. 



If the above groups are analysed it is observable that 



1 These figures are taken from the Trade and Navigation Returns 

 issued monthly. 



