204 TIMBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS IN 19^16 



imported and prices realised during 1913 and 1915 

 respectively ' : 



During 1915 therefore we paid about one and a half 

 million pounds sterling less than in 1913 for our forestry 

 imports, but we received nothing like the same amount 

 of materials for this £41,000,000 — roughly speaking 

 only about three-fifths ; nor are we likely to do so in 

 the years to come and probably never shall again. 

 Nearly three-fourths of our imports fall in the first 

 three groups, coniferous timbers (firs and pines) and 

 pitwoods. Of these we imported in 1913 11,016,838 

 loads valued at ;f 29,878,179, whilst in i9i5only7,255,323 

 loads were imported, for which we paid ;f30,o62,699 — 

 an increase of price of from £27 to £4"i per load. 



If the above groups are analysed it is observable that 



1 These figures are taken from the Trade and Navigation Returns 

 issued monthly. 



