TRUE MAHOGANY. 



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South America have shipped about 50,000,000 feet. Although Cuba 

 ships to this country more logs than either Mexico or Central and 

 South America the number of board feet is much below that of 

 Mexico, being approximately only 52,000,000 feet during the last 19 

 years. The other main ports of entry for true mahogany are Boston 

 and New Orleans. 



It is practically impossible to ascertain just what proportion of 

 the wood entering these ports as mahogany is true mahogany. A fair 

 approximation has been reached, however, by grouping 1 together the 

 imports from countries within the range of true mahogany and those 

 outside of its natural range. The following table shows these ap- 

 proximations : 



Table II. — Quantity and value of true mahogany and other woods imported as 

 mahogany (unsawed) from different countries during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 191J h 2 



Country. 



True mahogany. 



Other "mahogany" 

 woods. 





Quantity. 



Value. 



Quantity. 



Value. 





Mfeet. 

 11,074 



$781,838 



Mfeet. 







3 32,441 



4 $2, 377, 502 





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2,988 



718 



6,591 



10,381 



4,933 



28 



537 



746 



193,692 



43, 701 



368, 431 



785,148 



290,502 



1,321 



34,589 

































Panama 













Philippine Islands 



717 

 5 



44,552 





44 



2,807 



297 



Total 



37,307 



2, 502, 775 



33,163 



2,422,351 



Table II shows that about 4,000,000 feet more of true mahogany 

 was imported by the United States than of the other "mahoganies" 

 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. It is probable that 

 some of the mahogany reported from the different mahogany- 

 producing countries is not true mahogany; it is also probable that 

 a considerable quantity of wood which is not true mahogany and is 

 marketed in this country as mahogany is imported under some other 

 name. The total quantity of true mahogany is, therefore, probably 

 less than that of the other woods. 5 The bulk of true mahogany, 



1 Data for this purpose were derived from the Department of Commerce. 



2 More recent statistics not given on account of abnormal trade conditions. 



3 Only 13,423,000 feet were imported directly from Africa. The remainder constitute 

 reshipments from England, Germany, and France. 



4 English shippers include insurance and freight in their statement of export values, 

 which accounts for the comparatively high cost per thousand board feet. 



5 A good deal of sabicu (Lysiloma saMcu Benth.) and Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata 

 L.) is shipped from Cuba as mahogany. Colombia exports the Colombian mahogany 

 (Cariniana piriformis Miers.), which is not the true mahogany. Honduras, Guatemala, 

 and Mexico export nispero (Achras sapota L.) and Spanish cedar as mahogany. 



