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remarkably fine polish. Frequently figured, it always 
has an attractive and individual character, either when 
used for cabinet-making, in joinery and fitment work, 
or for any other purpose. As remarked, symptoms of 
a gradual exhaustion of the wood are not wanting, 
one sign being the increased amount of small and 
crooked wood which is shipped to the various markets, 
the only use for which is chair-making. In most of 
the cargoes this class of wood forms a large proportion, 
logs of 12 in. to 16 in. in width being, in any quantity, 
conspicuously absent. Most of the wood at the present 
time is shipped from Santa Cruz, but a proportion 
also arrives from Jucaro, and, occasionally, parcels 
are received from Santiago and Manzanillo. Mention 
may also be made of the cedar which is abundant in 
the Island. America takes perhaps the largest share 
of this export, but Continental countries are also large 
consumers ; no quantity of any importance is directed 
to Great Britain. This wood is practically all used 
for cigar box-making. 
Mexican.—From this Central American Republic, 
mahogany, varying in description according to the 
districts from which it is extracted, is exported in fairly 
large quantities. Wood from the Tobasco district was 
one of the first mahoganies recognised in commerce, 
and in later times plentiful shipments from the 
Minatitlan and Tecolutla portions of the State were 
shipped. Most of the supplies from the first-mentioned 
place have of late years been directed to French and 
other Continental markets, the quantities arriving in 
great Britain being quite negligible. Little also of 
the further descriptions is now sent to English markets, 
the plentiful supplies formerly received having been dis- 
continued some twenty-five years. Practically all 
the wood extracted from this Minatitlan and adjacent 
