250 FORESTRY IN LITHUANIA. 



Pipe, 6 feet long, 6x3 inches, ^ 



Brandy 5 ,, ,, 



Hogshead, 4 feet long, 6x3 inches, I All reduced to 



Barrel, 3 6x6x3 



Heading, long, 2 ft. long, 6 x 3 in., j 



short, ij ,, 



And were then worth, Crown, 140 per 1,200 pieces. 



,, ,, ,, 1st brack, 115 ,, 



Three pieces long heading counts one. 

 Four ,, short 



' The provinces which supply Memel are Kovno, 

 Augustoo, Bialystock, Vitepsk, Minsk, Wilna, and 

 Volbinia this latter province furnishing or yielding 

 two- thirds of the whole. As far as I can understand, 

 the timber trade is gradually declining here, and although 

 the lumber is becoming scarce, that is not the only 

 reason given for the cause of the trade languishing. The 

 late season at which the timber arrives necessitates the 

 holding over large quantities during Winter, which is 

 embarrassing in a monetary point of view. Nevertheless, 

 at that time in Memel, as well as in the other ports in 

 the Baltic, the people were as busy as possible sawing and 

 preparing timber for the French Government, and 

 complained that they were not able to get it fast enough. 



' The following were the prices of lumber, free on board, 

 at Memel in March 1861 



Crown Fir Timber, 12 in. ) 25 feet average, at 70s. Od. per load. 



11 ...68s. Od. 



First Midlg, 

 Second ,, 

 Inferior ,, 



26 64s. Od. 



62s. 6d. 



27 54s. Od. 



,...52s. 6d. 



25 45s. 6d. 



Oak Timber. Crown, 100s. Od., Second quality, 90s. Od. per 50 run'g ft. 



Wainscot Logs. Crown, 5s. 6d., 3s. 6d. per run'g foot. 



Deals, 3 x 10^-1 Iths and 3x9 inch, averaging 17 to 18 feet. 

 Red, Crown, 12 ; Seconds, 7 ; Thirds, 6 6s. Od. \ per 750 run'g. ft. 

 White, ,,7 ,,6 6s. ,, 5 5s. Od. \ 3 x lO^llths in. 



Staves. Crown Pipe, 150, 1st Brack, .. 125 Os. Od. per 1,200 pieces. 



Memel, a Prussian port, is situated not far from the 



