NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF TIMBER, ETC. 17 
demand and it has, especially during later years, greatly 
appreciated in price, the value of the wood at the 
present time being far in advance of that of mahogany 
Most of the supplies are obtained from Burma, but 
equally fine wood is shipped from Siam and small 
supplies of an inferior description are also exported 
from Java. More particular notes of the various descrip 
tions and qualities of these varieties are given in a later 
chapter which deals with the supply of this and other 
woods from India and other Asiatic countries. Sub- 
joined, however, are some statistics which give some idea 
of the import which has taken place during the last 
five years. 
STATISTICS OF THE IMPORT OF TEAK FROM VARIOUS 
Ports Into Lonpon DuRING THE Last FIVE YEARS 
Moulmein Rangoon Bankok Java Total 
Year loads loads loads loads loads 
1914, . 7 3,585 1,792 506 5,959 
1913. . 339 5,671 1,111 593 7,714 
1912, . 56 3,460 987 894 5,397 
1911. . 268 4,203 3,217 2,012 9,700 « 
1910. . 397 3,190 1,486 1,832 6,905 
In the foregoing brief outline of the history of timber 
a more particular narration of facts and events in 
regard to its connection with England has perhaps been 
observed. The history might have been given greater 
scope and enlarged more fully upon the forests and 
timber resources of other parts of the world, their size, 
methods of exportation and other interesting matter, 
but the limits of this small book preclude such an 
exhaustive survey, and the history has consequently 
been limited to the salient facts which relate more 
especially to the British Isles. 
Following the preceding introductory review, the 
remaining part of the book has been separated into two 
divisions, one dealing with the coniferous or needle- 
leaf variety of trees, which are commonly known by 
