WOOD IMPORTS. 



Value of exportu of wood and wood manufactures from the I'nited Ntnlc* In Canada. 

 [United States Bureau nf Statistics 1 



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The character and relative proportion of the imports will appear from the following tabulation, 

 in which the segregation of articles free of duty and dutiable refers to conditions prevailing in 

 1892 and 1893; while in 1897 the bulk of lumber and timber was on the free list. Adding dye- 

 woods and their extracts, sumac and other tanning materials, and such smaller wood products as 

 form an inconspicuous part in manufactures, the amount of imports would be increased by about 

 $1,500,000. 



Import* of wood and wood product* for home consumption during the years ending June SO, 1S9S, 1893, and 1897, 



a Not specified, included in other items. 



I' Including other materials. 



