204 TIMBER IMPORTS A^-D EXPORTS IN 1915 



imported and prices realised during 1913 and 191 5 

 respectively ^ : 



Classification. 



Total Amounts for Years 



1913. 



Quantity in 

 loads. 



Value in £. 



1915. 



Quantity in 

 loads. 



Value in £. 



I. Hewn (fir, oak, teak, 



etc.y . 

 II. Pit props and pit- 

 wood . 

 III. Sawn or split, planed 

 or dressed (includ- 

 ing sleepers) 

 IV. Miscellaneous (staves, 

 mahogany, hard- 

 wood, etc.) . 

 V. Wood manufactures 

 VI. Pulp of wood, wood- 

 pulp board, etc. . 



928,903 

 3.451.328 



6,636,607 



2.296.835 



Total 



4.398.478 

 4,445,066 



21,034,635 



3.910.705 

 3.583.187 



5.283.716 



42,655,787 



322.348 

 2.168,391 



4,764,584 



2,167,032 



2,547.777 

 4,786,301 



22,728,621 



2,716,065 

 2,324,627 



5.979,486 



41,082,877 



During 1915 therefore we paid about one and a half 

 milHon pounds sterHng less than ini9i3 for our forestry 

 imports, but we received nothing like the same amount 

 of materials for this ^^41 ,000 ,000 — roughly speaking 

 only about three-fifths ; nor are we likely to do so in 

 the years to come and probably never shall again. 

 Nearly three-fourths of our imports fall in the first 

 three groups, coniferous timbers (firs and pines) and 

 pitwoods. Of these we imported in 1913 11,016,838 

 loads valued at£29,878,i79, whilst in 191 5 only 7,255,323 

 loads were imported, for which we paid £30,062,699 — 

 an increase of price of from £27 to £4*1 per load. 



If the above groups are analysed it is observable that 



* These figures are taken from the Trade and Navigation Returns 

 issued monthly. 



