TRANSPORT AND EXPORT TIMBER TRADE. 201 
‘With Africa since 1870 transactions have been continu- 
ously augmenting. 
1870 Sw 5 ‘i ‘ - . 823 tons 
1879 a i . . ‘ A 3,806 ,, 
1880 . . ‘ . ‘ ; 7,646 ,, 
_‘Spain is of no importance to Norway in connection with 
timber exports, nor will be so long as the present system 
of taxation there is continued. 
‘ With Belgium business has manifested some develop- 
ment in 1880, but the impost duty still shackles it 
considerably. 
‘It follows from a comparison of the totals of the quan- 
tities exported during the years 1879 and 1880 that the 
export of wood during 1880 has exceeded that of the pre- 
ceding year by 187,546 tons which is divided in so far as 
the different kinds of wood are concerned as follows :— 
1880, 1879. 1880. Tao. 
. ; . 1880. 
Kixps oF Woop. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tone, 
Planed Wood, No. 1 ........eceeeeeeee 193,654 | 164,682 | 28,972 _ 
Sawn Wood, No. 2.......0..0ce0eee00 245,548 | 176,893 | 68,655 —_ 
Spars, Mine Supports, Nos. 4-8, 
LO, Wsdsicccsanttsetsnrtvanssccterers 295,616 | 207,497 | 88,119 _ 
Beams, No. 3 ........... 88,519 | 102,054 _— 13,535 
Staves, Nos. 12, 13 30,061 | 26,148 9,913 - 
Other Woods (Danish No. 9)...,...| 29,576 | 29,996 — 420 
Laths and Firewood, No, 14........ 11,842 — 11,842 = 
Totals,........... wave 894,816 | 707,270 | 201,501 | 13,955 
— 
Difference in excess, 1880, gs ia ae 187,546 
With the exception of the years 1871, 1872, 1874, and 
1876, Norway has never exported so much wood as in 
1880. The exports of late years are otherwise shown by 
the following table :— 
1880, ; ; . 894,816 tons, 
1879, , ; ; » 706,950 ,, 
