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Canadian Forestry Journal, November, ipi6 



Siamese Hardwoods. 



In Siam the rosewoods are worked 

 more particularly from the regions ly- 

 ing north-east and east of Bangkok, 

 and are exported in the form of rough- 

 ly trimmed round logs, the average size 

 of which is 12 to 24 inches in circum- 

 ference and 80 to 120 inches in length. 

 The rosewood forests have been heavily 

 over-exploited, and as the Siamese gov- 

 ernment is now taking measures to pro- 

 tect this wood by recjuiring workers to 

 take out permits and by fixing a mini- 

 mum girth at which it may be felled, 

 restriction in general output is likely 

 to ensue. The ebony woods are found 

 to the west of Bangkok in the district 

 of Kanburi, Petchaburi, and to the 

 south toward the Malay penisula- They 

 also are exported in the form of rough- 

 ly trimmed logs 12 to 20 inches in cir- 

 cumference and 80 to 120 inches in 

 length. 



The exploitation of these woods is 

 not a regular industry in Siam, but 

 forms one of the desultory occupations 

 of the people when they are not engag- 

 ed in rice growing. The wood is 

 bought by Chinese, who are either mid- 

 dlemen or agents of Bangkok Chinese 

 firms, and, as it will not float, it is 

 brought to Bangkok by boat or by 

 train. It is sold by weight, the unit 

 for export being usually 100 piculs 

 (about 6 tons), and the average price 

 in Bangkok ranges from £22 10s 

 ($109.50) to £37 10s ($182.50) for 

 rosewoods and about £22 10s per 100 

 piculs for the ebonies. The ebonies 

 are apparently more uniform in quality 

 than the rosewoods. None of these 

 woods appear to be dealt with in Bang- 

 kok in the sawn form. 



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Pine Trees of Finland. 



The pine trees of Finland are the 

 gold mines of the country, and really 

 its chief trade. Pines and silver 

 birches flourish on all sides. Every- 

 thing or anything can apparently be 

 made of birch bark in Finland; shoes, 

 baskets, large or small, salt bottles, 

 flower vases, even an entire suit of 

 clothing is hanging up in Helsingfors 

 Museum, manufactured from the bark 

 of the silver birch. 



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