COMPARISON OF PRICES 



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Pre-War Prices Compared with Present Prices 



Pre-War Rates per Cubic 

 Foot 



Present Rates per Cubic 

 Foot 



Timber 



Timber 



Colliery Wood 

 Pitwood per 100 lineal feet DD. 

 Pit Props: 

 Scots Pine (3' top diam.) 4/6 



Larch 



Oak Scrub 



(4' 

 (5" 

 (6' 

 (3' 

 (4" 

 (3" 

 (6* 



Pit Sleepers, per 100 : 

 (3' X 5' X 2') . 

 (3' 6' X 5* X 2') 

 (3' 9' X S' X 2') 



) 6/- 



) 9/- 



) 12/- 



) — 



) 18/- 



) 26/- 



) 32/- 



12/6 



14/9 

 18/- 



CoLLiERY Wood 

 Pitwood per 100 lineal feet DD. 

 Pit Props; 

 Scots Pine (3* top diam.) 16/6 

 .> (4* .. .. ) 22/6 

 ., (5" .. .. ) 28/6 

 .. .. (6' „ ., ) 33/6 

 Larch . (3' „ „ ) 16/6 



• (4" .. .. ) 22/8 



• (5' .. .. ) 32/- 

 .. . (6' „ „ ) 38/- 



Oak Scrub per ton de- 

 livered on railway loaded 

 in trucks . . 18/- 

 Pit Sleepers, per 100 : 

 (3' X 5' X 2") . . 26/- 

 (3'6'xs*X2') . 31/- 

 (3' 9" X S' X 2') . 36/- 



Railwav Sleepers Railway Sleepers 



Pine .... each 3/6 Pine .... each 5/9 



