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and Germany (£322,000). Chemical wet came chiefly 

 from Sweden (£37,000), mechanical dry from Russia 

 (£22,000), and mechanical wet from Norway (£701,000), 

 Sweden (£281,000), Canada (£156,000), and New- 

 foundland (£123,000). 



The greatest quantities of oak in 1913 were im- 

 ported from the United States (£1,134,000), Russia 

 (£186,000), Germany and Austria-Hungary (£273,000), 

 and Canada (£85,000). The chief amounts of teak 

 came from India (£752,000), Siam (£119,000), and 

 Java (£40,000). The mahogany came from French 

 West Africa (£344,000), Southern Nigeria (£226,000), 

 Gold Coast (£198,000), British Honduras (£135,000), 

 United States (£115,000), Cuba (£72,000), and German 

 West Africa (£52,000). The largest amount of furniture 

 and cabinet ware came from France (£106,000) and 

 the United States (£104,000), with £60,000 from 

 Germany and £58,000 from Belgium. House-frame 

 fittings and joiners' work came from Sweden (£71,000) 

 and the United States (£40,000). Wood ware and 

 wood turnery from the United States (£1,392,000), 

 Russia (£806,000), Germany (£364,000), Sweden 

 (£85,000), France (£70,000), and Canada (£53,000). 

 The chief imports of staves were sent from Russia 

 (£481,000), United States (£266,000), Sweden (£120,000), 

 Germany (£64,000), Norway (£46,000). Chip boxes to 

 the value of £38,000 were imported from Sweden, 

 and half a million pounds' worth of matches from 

 Russia (£21,000), Sweden (£292,000), Norway (£38,000), 

 Netherlands (£22,000), and Belgium (£134,000). Cork 

 to the tune of £895,000 was imported from Portugal 

 and Spain. 



