DISPOSAL OF FOREST PRODUCTS. 193 
forest products supplies information in regard to these in 
the three subsequent years, 1874, 1875, and 1876 :— 
1874. 1875. 1876. 
Battens, dozens, 172,303 | 187,236 | 251,202 
Balks, pieces, - - - - 76,262 77,308 49,803 
Deals, dozens, - 1,071,908 | 1,146,672 | 1,568,332 
Laths, _,, a> 47,909 | 47,268 | | 64,241 
Mine Props, pieces, - 721,628 37,228 | 686,625 
Planks, dozens, - - : - 480,596 | 395,762 | 542,907 
‘Logs, pieces, 502,354 88,765 6,542 
Rafters, ,, - . 223,386 | 218,303 | 283,284 
Poles, ,, we oS 106,160 | 16,155] 35,285 
Wood for Carpentry, - - 214,846 | 219,028 | 409,013 
Ends of Planks, cubic feet, 500,000 | 423,000 | 1,124,280 
Telegraph Poles, pieces, - - 16,980 436 | 707,419 
Wood in various forms, value in : 
marks or francs, - - 1,349,768 | 421,345 | 539,698 
Firewood—Birch, fathoms, = * 65,133 63,894 95,133 
5 Fir and Pine, faths. 64,154 67,158 89,175 
a Other Wood, ,,_ - 3,944 7,480 17,291 
Shingles, thousands, - - 13,894 20,271 28,610 
Casks, Pipes, &e.,  - + 1,179 3,508 1,464 
Handspikes, or Crowbars, &c., 
pieces, - : - - - 58,919 93,642 | 265,088 
Tubs, Pails, Buckets, pieces, - 1,666 | 1,732 949 
Scoops and Shovels, - : - 6,059 4,441 4,342 
Charcoal, hectolitres, - - 34,217 25,582 60,944 
Resin, kilogrammes, - - : 88,876 | 112,846 | 146,226 
Willow Bark, ,, - + | 8,411,722 | 3,194,504 | 8,114,451 
Potash, &c., ,, 116,270 84,244 84,787 
Tar, hectolitres, . - 290,088 | 270,511 | 277,111 
Pitch, 3 - : - 6,150 16,140 7,911 
Wood Alcohol, - - - - 3,018 26,622 — 
Lamp Black, chests, : - 398,328 | 175,642 32,706 
There may be reckoned also amongst forest products 
other articles of export, such as berries—the export of red 
whortle berries alone in 1878 amounted to 22,076 hecto- 
litres ; moss; basket-work, &c. 
Mr Wm. Crighton, British Consul at Abo—who is himself 
interested at least indirectly in the timber trade, having 
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