APPENDIX 



A glance through timber import lists gives one a better idea than 

 anything else of the enormous quantity and infinite variety of timber 

 and timber goods which are landed in Great Britain daily ; a few 

 samples taken at random from one week's deliveries will show the 

 large quantities and great variety which one ship will carry. 



A vessel from Newport News, United States, brought 



3,546 oak boards and planks, 

 14,461 pieces of poplar lumber, 

 5,921 bundles of poplar, 

 12,371 pieces of oak lumber, 

 1,373 ,, ,, walnut lumber, 

 223 bundles of whitewood, 

 191 pieces of ash, 

 75 ash logs, 

 50 bundles of chestnut. 



A vessel from New Orleans brought 



25,793 pieces of gum lumber, 



2,048 bundles of 

 13,568 oak staves, 



4,712 walnut staves, 



3,649 bundles of oak staves, 



175 ,, hickory, 

 14,460 poplar staves, 



3,045 hardwood staves, 



1,822 cypress staves, 

 124 cases of handles. 



A vessel from St. John, New Brunswick, brought 



1,661 bundles of handles, 



900 ,, ,, staves, 

 3,217 deals, 



