CONTENTS 



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I. TIMBER 1 



ii. THE WORLD'S FOREST SUPPLY. QUANTITIES OF TIMBER 



USED. TIMBER IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN . . 17 



III. EUROPEAN TIMBER 29 



IV. TIMBER OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ... 65 



V. TIMBERS OF SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND WEST 



INDIA ISLANDS 121 



VI. TIMBERS OF INDIA, BURMA, AND ANDAMAN ISLANDS . . 160 



VII. TIMBER OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MALAY PENINSULA, 



JAPAN, AND SOUTH AND WEST AFRICA .... 191 



VIII. AUSTRALIAN TIMBERS 209 



IX. TIMBERS OF NEW ZEALAND AND TASMANIA .... 238 



X. CAUSES OF DECAY AND DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER . . 255 



XI. SEASONING AND IMPREGNATION OF TIMBER .... 269 



XII. DEFECTS IN TIMBER AND GENERAL NOTES .... 288 



XIII. STRENGTH AND TESTING OF TIMBER . . . 3Q1 



xiv. "FIGURE" IN TIMBER 320 



APPENDIX 329 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 333 



