46 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



and substituting neat three-rail fences for these unsightly 

 snake fences ; but as for the Swedish peasant of the present 

 generation it can never be expected that he will deviate from 

 the fashion of his forefathers. 



In burning the yearly amount of charcoal in 1854, which 

 then amounted to 1,986,530 loads, of 12 barrels to the load, 

 5,221,126 tunnland of forest were used. This is 225 Swedish 

 square miles, at an average of 4-| tunna charcoal per tunn- 

 land. Strom reckons that 7 cubic feet of wood is required 

 for every tunna of charcoal. 



In 1863 the export of timber from Sweden was as 

 follows : 



Beams (Bjelkar) square timber of all lengths above 8 in. 

 square; and Balks (sharrar) small square timber of all 

 lengths, 751,731 pieces. 



The price of beams in the London Market in 1863, was 

 50s. to 52s. per load; of balks, 35s. to 45s. per load. 



Boards of all dimensions of fir, and pine plank, or plank 

 deals 3 x 11 and 3 x 9 in., 1,938,423 dozens; of these 

 1,882,000 pieceswent to England, and the price in the London 

 Market was 7 to 8 per Petersburg standard. Deal ends, 

 508,560 dozens; masts, spars, and poles, etc., 21,258 dozens; 

 tar, 117,873 barrels. 



In 1854, which was the largest export year perhaps ever 

 known, the value of the export of timber from Gothenburg 

 alone amounted to 18,150,000 rqr. rmt., or above one million 

 pound sterling, and the prices free on board at that port were 

 as follows (and they are about the same in 1864) : 



Boards and Planks under 14- in. thickness, 7 rqr. per 

 dozen; 14- to 3 in. thickness, 15 rqr. per dozen; larger 

 dimensions, 30 rqr. per dozen. 



Deal Ends 3 feet long, H in. thick, 1 rqr. 6 sk. (Is. 3d.) 

 per dozen ; 3 feet long, 1-i- to 3 in. thick, 2 rqr. ; 8 feet long, 

 under l in. thick, 2 rqr. 16 sk. ; 12 feet long, 1^-to 3 in. 

 thick, 4 rqr. 



Square Timber over 8 in. square, and small square 

 timber, 5 in. square, 3 rqr. per piece ; 8 in. square, 4 rqr. 

 24 sk. ; 8 in. to 10 in. square, 6 rqr. 



