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Kauffman, which had appeared in the Bijscomy Cbaesdy 

 Laesochozaaev, and of which the following is the substance. 

 It is headed: To what extent is the Export Wood Trade 

 from Riga in the future warranted l>y the Present Condition 

 and Management o) the Forests in the West Dwina 

 Districts. 



' The writer of this report thinks it necessary in order 

 properly to treat the question of the future supply of 

 wood for export trade, not to confine himself strictly to 

 the consideration of the present supply of the west 

 Dwina district sent to the port of Riga, but to embrace 

 the principal sources of supply on the Baltic and Black 

 Sea, to which wood is conveyed to, and exported Iron), 

 the ports of Memel, Dantzig, and Stettin in short, to 

 consider the uhole export supply of the west and south- 

 west country of the Dwina. In order to this, it is 

 necessary at the same time to remember and to state the 

 different branches of the home trade which derive their 

 supply from these sources, these are the Kherson port 

 and the Crimea; the ansenals and waggon factories of 

 St Petersburg and Riga; and railway materials for their own 

 and the southern net- work of railways. And over and 

 above this there has to be considered the wood that is used 

 by the inhabitants of these districts for building purposes, 

 together with the enormous quantity used as fuel.' 



There is given a tabulated statement of the quantity 

 and description of materials sent to the ports of Riga, 

 Memel, and Dantzig, on the average of the past three 

 years, and the overland exports for one season ; and with 

 this there is given the number of trees (arranged 

 according to their respective ages) that were cut down 

 in one winter to supply this quantity. 



The following is a summary of exports : 



(1.) TREES OF MATURE GROWTH. 



No. of trees. Cubic feet. 



Pine and fir wood from 140 to 250 years old,... 1,250,450 = 50,018,000 



Oak ,, 120 ,, 260 ,, and over. 373,600 = 30,548,000 



