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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



WOOD-TRANSPORT P.Y LAND. 



Section- 



CHAPTER V. 

 WOOD-TRANSPORT BY WATER. 



Section L — Floating. 



1. Conditions necessary for streams to he utilizable .... 358 



2. Improvement and maintenance of watercourses for floating wood . 355> 



3. Booms 385 



4. Method employed in floating wood 401 



Section IL — Rafting. 



1. Rafting-channels 409 



2. Rafts 411 



3. Dimensions of rafts . . . 416 



4. Mode of rafting . 417' 



CHAPTER VI. 



COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT. 



1. Conditions of locality 421 



2. Wood-assortments 422 



3. Cost of transport 422 



4. Loss of volume 424 



5. Deterioration in quality of the wood 426 



6. Influence of railways on the timber-trade 427 



7. Canals 428 



8. Concluding remarks 428 



CHAPTER VII. 



WOOD-DEPOTS. 



1. Land-depots 429 



2. River-depots 431 



3. Methodsof storing wood 437 



4. Registration of receipts of wood at a depot ..... 440 



