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FORESTRY IN FRANCE. 



li-na poplar, ash, and maple. The pine is very highly pirized, not only dn 

 account of the service it renders in preventing the encroachment of sand and 

 in preserving the dunes, but on account, as I have mentioned, of the revenue 

 it brings, both to the government and private parties. 



SOURCE OF LUMBER SUPPLY. 



With the exception of the exportation of railroad ties to Spain and Africa 

 and supports for mines to England, tl^e production of the forests of the 

 XXIXth conservation are consumed in the district. The local consumption is 

 increased by importations of pitch-pine from the United States, white pine 

 from Canada and Norway, oak and fir from Russia, Germany, Norway, Den- 

 mark and Sweden. There are no bounties on importation. 



CUSTOMS DUTIES. , 



Elm, oak and walnut wood, rough, squared or sawed into any dimensions for masts, spars, 

 poles for boat-hooks, oars and building purposes, when imported direct, enter free. 



When imported from other than the country of origin, 72 cents per 200 pounds. 

 Wood split into small pieces direct, 2 cents per 200 pounds. 



Indirect importation, 72 cents per 200 pounds. 

 Wood for cabinet-wood (boxwood) in logs or sawed into pieces not less than eight inches 

 in thickness, free. 



When imported direct less than eight inches in thickness, 20 cents per 200 pounds. 

 Indirect importation, 72 cents per 200 pounds. 

 Pine poles direct, 5 cents per 200 pounds. 



Planks, boards, wood for inlaid floors, planed, tongued or grooved (hard wood), 30 to 40 

 cents per 200 pounds. 



Indirect importation, ;?1.I2 per 200 pounds. 

 Rough pine direct, 10 to 20 cents per 200 pounds. 

 Rough pine, indirect, 92 cents per 200 pounds. 



During the year ending December 31, 1886, the following quantity of 

 lumber was imported into the port of Bordeaux : 



The following are the names of reliable sellers of seeds and shoots in the 

 XXIXth district : Cordier et ills, Bernay (Eure) : Andr6 Leroy, Angers (Main 

 et Loire); Levasseur et fils. Ussy (Calvados); Veuve James et fils. Ussy 

 (Calvados); Armond Colombe et fils, Ussy (Calvados). 



In this district there are no local laws appertaining to forests. 



GEORGE W. ROOSEVELT, 



Uo ^ U. S. Consul. 



NiTED States Consulate, 



Bordeaux, Fehmary ly, 1887. 



