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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CH.XXIX. 



CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. 



All the goods supplied under this contract to be imported direct from 

 the Baltic ; to be of the best quality, fresh cut, good, sound, merchantable, 

 and well conditioned. 



The Riga Fir timber to be 1 1 inches square and upwards, averaging at 

 least 12 inches, meeting in length at 24 feet, and none to be shorter than 

 1 8 feet ; the longest timber to be of the greatest scantling, and the spine to- 

 be seen from the butfc to the top on each of the four sides. 



The Riga hand-masts to be of the dimensions specified, straight grown, 

 and free from heart-shake and injurious knots. One-third of all the masts of 

 9 hands and under to be 4 feet longer than the prescribed length. 



TABLE CXXXIIL 

 SPECIFICATION FOR HAND-MASTS (RIGA*). 



* The above Specification will serve, with a slight modification of the hands to the 

 length, for Dantzic Fir, Canada Red Pine, and also for Virginia Pitch Pine, due regard 

 being paid to the difference in the quantity of sap-wood on each compared with Riga Fir. 

 Hand-masts are frequently sold in the private trade at per load. 



