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133 standards of spruce deals, 



575 bundles of flooring, 



731 ,, ,, strips, 

 1,463 birch strips, 

 1,771 bundles of maple blocks, 

 1,395 pieces of walnut, 

 2,255 maple boards. 



A vessel from Norfolk, United States, brought 



2,827 oak planks, 



324 ash planks, 

 2,216 dogwood logs, 



149 persimmon logs. 



A vessel from Kingston, Jamaica, brought 



396 pieces of greenheart and ebony, 

 824 ,, ,, black ebony, 

 836 ,, ,, lignum vitse, 

 140 lancewood spars, 

 985 pieces of ebony, 



19 cedar logs, 



45 mahogany logs. 



It is no uncommon thing for a ship to bring, in addition to a 

 miscellaneous cargo such as above, 1,500 or 2,000 doors or window 

 frames. 



There is not the same variety of species of timber in the goods 

 brought by ships from the Baltic, but there is an almost unlimited 

 variety of scantlings. The following list is from a recent sale of 

 Baltic and Archangel timber : 



in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. 



4X6 3X4 



4x7 3 X 4^ 



4X8 3X5 



4x9 3x6 



4 X 11 3X7 



3X8 



3 X 84 



3X9 



3 X 11 



