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FORESTRY IN FRANCE. 



THE LUMBER SUPPLY OF MARSEILLES. 



No bounty is paid for the i^roduction of lumber and no duty is imposed 

 upon imports of that class. The timber and lumber imports of the past four 

 years at this port were : 



Years. 



Oak railway 

 ties. 



Oak lumber. 



Qther lum- 

 ber. 



1884.. 

 1885.. 



Kilograms. 

 38,216,000 

 41,962,000 

 46,170,000 

 32,450,000 



Kilogravts. 

 2,384,000 

 2,059,000 

 1,878,000 

 1,358,000 



Kilograms. 

 54,738,000 

 43,555,000 

 42,838,000 

 30,167,000 



Most of the American lumber imported here comes from Pensacola, Sa- 

 vannah, Galveston, and other ports of the Southern States, and there is a 

 prospect that this trade may in future show a steady increase. 



There are no local forestry laws in the district, the whole subject being 

 regulated by the very elaborate and comprehensive national code, which is 

 represented and enforced by the forestry corps. 



FRANK H. MASON, 



United States Consulate, 



Marseilles, December jo, 1886. 



