NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTRY CONVENTION 



the other ports being merely out-ports). The Government sent in the returns 

 for the years 1819 and 1820 and from this it appears that in 1819, 247,394 

 tons of Pine Timber were exported from the Province, 26,545,000 feet of 

 Pine Boards and Plank, 6,616,000 Shingles, 5,850,000 Staves, 6,323 Masts 

 and Spars, 6,099 cords of lath wood and 19,890 Hogshead shocks. In 1820, 

 207,899 tons of Pine Timber were exported, 20,970,000 feet of Boards and 

 Plank, 11,682,000 Shingles, 8,001 Masts and Spars, 5,039 cords of lath 

 wood and 6,387,000 Staves. 



In the year before the great Miramichi fire the export of Pine Timber 

 from the Province was 321,211 tons. Of this 141, 334 tons went from 

 Miramichi, 114,116 tons from St. John, 25,975 from St. Andrew's and 

 24,269 from Richibucto. In the same year 5,992 Masts and Spars were 

 exported, of which 1,918 went from St. John and 1,559 from Miramichi. 

 The exports of Boards and Plank amounted to 21,383,000 feet, more than 

 half of which went from St. John, 6,471 cords of lath wood were exported, 

 of which 3,080 cords went from Miramichi and 1,435 from St. John. It will 

 be seen from these figures that at that period the exports of lumber from 

 Miramichi exceeded that from St. John. 



In 1825, the year of the great Miramichi fire, exports of Pine Timber 

 from New Brunswick reached the very large total of 416,105 tons, of which 

 175,000 went from St. John and 158,000 from Miramichi. The 

 export from Miramichi would have been larger but for the fire which 

 took place in October and burned many of the vessels that were in the port 

 for the purpose of carrying away timber, as well as the timber itself. That 

 was a period of wild speculation in Great Britain and also in New Brunswick, 

 which was followed by a period of reaction, and a financial panic which 

 ruined many people on both sides of the Atlantic. 



In 1826 the export of timber from the Province fell to 283,000 tons, a 

 result that probably was due as much to the commercial panic of that period 

 as to the destruction of the North Shore Forests by the great fire. 



In 1830 the exports of Pine Timber from the port of St. John, which 

 then included Miramichi, but not St. Andrews, amounted to 190,000 tons 

 and in 1831 to 232,500 tons. 



In 1832, the export of Pine Timber from St. John and out-ports was 

 187,000 and for 1833, 208,0,00 tons. It will be seen from these figures that 

 the Pine Timber trade was already beginning to decline. 



