XXVII.] DANTZIC FIR. 325 



CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. 



I. — Quality, Specification, &'c. — The Goods to be supplied are to be answer- 

 able in every respect to the following Specifications ; and to be imported direct 

 from the Baltic. 



Fir Timber. — The Dantzio Fir Timber to be of the latest felling, free from 

 defective knots and shakes, and to be the best goods obtainable. 



In the Best Middlifig quality the spine to be seen from the butt to the top 

 in the greater part of the delivery, and the heart not to be more than one-fourth 

 the breadth from the centre of the log. 



In the Good Middling quality the spine to be seen for two-thirds of the 

 length in the greater part of the delivery. 



The Mauerlatlen to be of the best quality. 



The Best and Good Middling qualities to be 12 inches square and upwards, 

 averaging not less than 13^^ inches, and to be 18 feet long and upwards, 

 averaging not less than 24 feet. The whole to consist of a good assortment of 

 lengths and sidings. The Mauerlatten to be 9 to 10 and 10 to 11 inches square 

 in equal proportions. 



The quantity required to be delivered in the following proportiors of quality, 

 viz. , 60 per cent, to be Best Middhng quality, 20 per cent, to be Good Middling 

 quality, and the remaining 20 per cent, to be Mauerlatten. 



Deck Deals. — The Dantzic Deals for Decks of 4 inches thick to be cut 

 8 inches in breadth, and to be 8 inches clear of sap for the greater part of their 

 length, and nowhere less than j% inches clear of sap, and to be 26 to 40 feet in 

 length, averaging not less than 33 feet. The Deals of 2% and 3 inches thick to 

 be cut 8 inches in breadth, and to be 7J^ inches clear of sap for the greater part 

 of their length, and nowhere less than 7 inches clear of sap, and to be 25 to 35 

 feet in length, averaging not less than 30 feet. The Deals of 2% inches thick to be 

 cut jyi inches in breadth, and to be j% inches clear of sap for the greater part 

 of their length, and nowhere less than 7 inches clear of sap, and to be 25 to 35 

 feet in length, averaging not less than 30 feet. The deals of 2 inches thick to be 

 cut j% inches in- breadth, and to be y}i inches clear of sap for the greater part 

 of their length, and nowhere less than 7 inches clear of sap, and to be 20 to 35 

 feet in length, averaging not less than 28 feet. 



A few of the Deals of each thickness, not exceeding 10 per cent, at the most 

 of the quantity ordered, will be accepted of longer lengths than the maximum 

 specified. 



The Deals of each thickness to be delivered at each dockyard in the pro - 

 portion of not less than 70 per cent. Crown quality, and the remainder Crown 

 Brack quality. The whole to be bright, clean, sound yellow wood, converted in 

 the country, and thoroughly air dried before shipment, of an equal thickness 

 and square edged, and to be clear of unsound sap, shakes, injurious knots, and 

 defects, according to their respective brands. 



Stage Deals. — The Dantzic Deals for stages to be 2 inches thick, 12 to 15 

 inches in breadth, and 23 feet and upwards in length, averaging not less than 30 

 feet ; the sap on the two edges not to exceed one-half of the breadth. The 



