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in some degree how large must have been the supplies 

 annually required for all the royal dockyards, taken 

 collectively, in order to replace the ships that were 

 worn-out or had become obsolete, and to keep the 

 ships of the royal navy up to the strength called for 

 by the times. 



The store of timber maintained at Woolwich Dock- 

 yard suitable for ship-building was as follows, viz. : — 



Table VI. 



The smallest quantity of English Oak at that yard 

 at any one time within the thirty years ending in 1867 

 was 857 loads in i860, and the largest 5,490 loads in 

 1865 ; while the smallest stock of foreign timber in 

 store for use as substitutes for Oak was 936 in 1840, 

 and the largest 16,771 loads in 1863. The smallest store 

 of ship-building timber of all kinds held there during 

 the same period was 2,356 loads in 1841, and the largest 

 21,012 loads in 1863. 



The relative quantities of English Oak and its sub- 

 stitutes were kept up at all the yards, in proportion to 

 the magnitude of the several naval establishments, and 

 in i860 there was the large quantity of 35,800 loads in 

 the various stores, suitable for ship-building, exclusive 

 of Elm, Fir, and Pine timber and plank ; and this was 

 very largely supplemented by later deliveries. 



