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The materials of these articles are drawn almost entirely from 

 the forests. There are other articles, of -which wood forms one of 

 the materials, estimated as follows : — 



V UooClb* • • • • • 



Masts and spars, .... 

 Blocks and pumps, .... 

 Railroad cars, coaches and other vehicles, 

 Ploughs and other agricultural implements. 

 Shovels, spades, forks and hoes, 

 Saddles, harness and trunks, 

 INIechanics' tools, .... 



$4,643,450 



130,166 



247,638 



314,510 



2,352,955 



707,175 



894,515 



1,220,049 



1,142,614 



Friction matches, ...... 95,750 



Making an aggregate of .... 11,748,822 



We omit several articles, such as brooms, brushes, clocks, fire 

 engines, and the bark used in tanneries and fencing materials, all 

 of "which would add not a little to the quantity and value of wood 

 consumed in the State. And it should be observed, too, that the 

 returns of the assessors, from which these facts are derived, are 

 pronounced, in the Report, very imperfect, and that if full and 

 exact, might swell the aggregates we have stated above. 



We have, then, one aggregate of $14,869,146, from which, 

 only, the expense of labor is to be deducted ; and another of 

 $11,748,822, from which the expense of labor and of the diflfer- 

 ent materials used, is to be deducted. How large these several 

 deductions should be, we are not able to state with any precision. 

 Allowing them to equal seven-tenths of the whole amount, and 

 this we regard a large allowance, the net value of wood jDrepared 

 for market, and of Avooden materials used in different manufac- 

 tures, in the year ending June 1, 1855, would be $7,985,396. 

 And this labor and manufacturing has given employment to at 

 least 125,000 persons, and support, doubtless, to five times as 

 many. 



We proceed, now, to make further extracts from Mr. Emerson's 

 Report, and present his remarks on the Continuation and 



Improvement of the Forests Planting trees on a 



large scale, has been seldom attempted in New England. The 

 inhabitants of each town have been content with the kinds of 



