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QUANTITIES AND VALUE OF WOOD AND TIMBER IMPORTED INTO THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM IN 1909. 



Description Quantities Values 



1909 Loads 1909 



Hewn; 



Fir, other than Pit Props or Pit Wood . 553 993 117? 864 



Oak 156 540 961 563 



Teak 33 857 540 1 09 



Pit Props or Pit Wood 2 627 633 2 929 640 



Unenumerated 56038 174662 



Sawn or Split: 



Fir 5564787 14815499 



Unenumerated 157114 654 125 



Staves, of all dimensions 126339 546187 



Furniture Woods and Hardwoods: 



Tons 



Mahogany 76 202 609 352 



Unenumerated 196 702 i 182 578 



Wood, Manufactures of: 

 Furniture, Cabinet ware, House frames, 



Fittings, and Joiners' work .... 5 76 723 



Other sorts, including Wood ware and 



Wood turnery i 477 535 



2 5 645 837 



. 



EDWARD KINCH. Composition of Saw-dust. (Agricultural Stu- 

 dents' Gazette. Cirencester, Pt. V). Nature, Vol. 83, April 14, 1910, 

 p. 199. 



Sawdust in some districts is used as litter for cattle. Professor 

 Kinch has examined a number of samples, determining the ni- 

 trogen and mineral matter. The folloving figures refer to the dry 

 substance : 



Mineral 

 Niirogen. matter. 



Oak o^SS 0-29 



Elm 0.27 1.38 



Ash . . . . 0.29 0.68 



Spruce 0.14 0.71 



Larch 0.18 0.25 



Red pine 0.30 0.33 



In its ordinary state sawdust contains about io/ of water, in 

 which case the mean nitrogen content is about 0.2%. 



