DISPOSAL OF FOREST PRODUCTS. 195 
Forest-Master, special mention is made of wood suitable 
for shipbuilding. Such is chiefly made use of in the 
country. It may be the case that to a great extent iron 
is now used instead of wood in shipbuilding in Finland as 
elsewhere ; but the consumption of wood produced in the 
country in "this industry is far from being inconsiderable. 
About 70 per cent. of the exports and imports of Finland 
are made in Finnish vessels. The: mercantile navy of 
Finland in 1876 consisted of about 1900 vessels, of an 
aggregate tonnage of 150,000 Finnish lastes, or 285,000 
tons, exclusive of sailing boats of less than 10 Jastes’ ton- 
nage, and of that number 125 were steam vessels of an 
aggregate tonnage of 3819 lastes. 
The commerce of Finland has been steadily increasing 
of late years. The following is the number of vessels and 
their tonnage, entering and leaving Finland in the years 
cited :— 
Ships Entering. Ships Leaving. 
Number. Tonnage. Number. : Tonnage. 
1866 3742 516,804 : 3901 528,523 
1871 6313 691,898 7001 712,907 
1876 9304 1,314,999 9220 1,310, 679 
The imports and exports in the same years were, with 
the duties in marks, equivalent to francs, or tenpence 
sterling :— 
Imports, | Exports, | Duty. 
1866 48,066,339 27,748,686 5,813,984 
1s71  - - 65,817,834 45,427,401 7,588,060 
1876 140,001,210 98,691,376 | ° 12,500,000 
