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MANUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



deals in the woods and factories, and never enters the mills, of which alone a record in 

 kept. The sawmill trade is in a backward condition and gives no idea of the anioui.t 

 of timber consumed, or the money turned over in the business. 



With reference to the foreign timber trade, it must be first of all observed 

 that Eussia has from time immemorial exported a great deal of wood from the north 

 and west, mostly in the raw or half-trimmed state, the export of manufactured wood 

 being comparatively small. At the same time, joiner and cabinet maker's work is 

 being imported into the country, although not in large quantities. 



Oak beams 



Pine ditto 



Fir ditto 



Various ditto 



Poles 



Facings 



Joists, rafters, trusses, battens 



Planks, laths, sleepers, slabs 



Scantlings and shingles 



Posts, axletrees 



Nut wood 



Palm wood 



Small unclassed hard wood 



Total export of raw and half-dressed 

 lumber goods 



Carpenter works 



Joiners works 



Turners and wood carvers ditto ■. 



Various unclassed manufactured wooden goods . . . 

 Matting 



Total manufactured goods 



55,297,812 



699,698 



53,291,954 



1,021,982 



The export of raw and half-trimmed lumber from Russia has therefore of 

 late years amounted to 55 million roubles; about 40 per cent of this has been 

 ; ( lit to Germany ; 33 per cent, to Great Britain ; and 6 per cent, to Holland et cetera- 



