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dollars. The term "forest products'' here includes all materials derived from trees, such as 

 gums, resins, oils, copals, barks, fibers, fruits and seeds, leaves and roots, used either in medi- 

 cine or for technical purposes. The approximate value and kinds of timbers shipped to the 

 United States in a prosperous year are about as follows : 



Logwood $135,000 



Mahogany 135,000 



Cedar 100,000 



Lancewood 4,000 



Lignum vitae 1,500 



Dagame 1,000 



]\Iahagua 1,000 



Other dye woods 1,000 



There is a good deal more mahogany and cedar exported direct to Eui-ope than there is to 

 thiscountry. Hamburgcigar-boxmanufacturersbuylargequantitiesaf cedar annually. The bulk 

 of the lignum vitae goes to Em-ope chiefly as reshipments from New York. The logwood and 

 other dye woods produced in Cuba are shipped and used here and it is very probable that the 

 demand for this material will greatly increase during the next few yeai-s, for the dyestuff fac- 

 tories in the L'nited States will have to enlarge their output in order to supply the demand on 

 the part of the textile and other color-using industries. The importation of German coal-tar 

 dyes has practically stopped, and it is believed that the vegetable dyes made from logwood, 

 fustic and divi divi will be used now in increasing quantities, and the prices of these woods will 

 go up. 



In addition to the timbers above listed there are a number of othei-s which are shipped in 

 small quantities from Cuba to this and other countries. Sometunes more than one kind of 

 wood are exploited and sold under the same trade name. For instance, mahogany denotes a 

 class of woods which come not only from the true kind, but also from cedar, sabicu and ocuje. 

 There are several species unrelated to one another that are exported under the name of ebony; 

 the same can be said of cedar, lancewood, dagame, and lignum vitae. While it is often unde- 

 sirable to substitute woods not true to name, thej' are frequently used with equallj' good res ults. 



ON THE HILL OF MONSERRATE, NEAR MATANZAS 



A view of the foundation for telescope observatory which has been erected by the Spanish 

 society of Matanzas on Monserrate hill some months ago. The work was stopped on 

 account of shortage of funds, liut it is hoped to finisb the work when the necessary funds 

 are subscribed. 



