194 THE FOREST LANDS OF FINLAND. 
been engaged for the last 30 years in the construction of 
iron ships in Russia and Finland, is a consumer, in so 
much as forest products are required both for the decks 
and for cabin fittings—informed me that the principal 
timber of the country—white and yellow pine—when 
exported, is exported in the form of deals, boards, planks, 
and battens. Mining timber and logs are exported in 
very small quantities, and a little birch is exported in 
planks, but this wood is generally only fit for consumption 
as firewood. He wrote to me in reply to some explicit 
questions :—‘ I have travelled very little in the interior of 
the country ; I can only say that the export of timber has 
very much increased of late years, and thata large number 
of saw-mills have been recently erected, both in the 
interior and along the coast, the largest of which is at 
Kothka, a new town situated near the mouth of the 
Kymmene river, on the coast between Wyborg and 
Fredrikshamn. The extension of railways in Finland has 
conduced much to the erection of saw-mills in the interior. 
For instance, a large saw-mill recently put up at Akkas, a 
place half-way between Tavastehus and Tammerfors, ships 
all its produce at Abo, sending it thither by rail. Large 
quantities of timber are now shipped at Kothka, Sornas, 
near Helsingfors, Abo, Bjérneborg, and other northern 
towns, besides Wyborg and Trangsund, and, notwithstanding 
the lowness of the price abroad, it is remunerative.’ 
I have spoken of the extensive saw-mills of Messrs 
Hood & Co. at Nyslott. Besides these, there were brought 
under my attention the following :—Those of Messrs Hack- 
man & Co., of Messrs Wahl & Co., of Mr C. Rosenius, all in 
Wyborg; of Mr Ahlqvist, in Fredrikshamn; of Messrs 
Gutzest & Co., in Kothka; of Messrs Rosenlew & Co., in 
Bjérneborg ; and of Mr Cannelin, in Uleaborg. 
SEcTION B.—SHIPBUILDING. 
. In the classification of forest produce prescribed to the 
