IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF TIMBER. 



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Following are annual statistics as to the value of wood and its manufactures 

 exported from the United States to Porto Rico during the ten years 1888-1-897: 



Value of wood and its manufactures exported from the United States to Porto Rico during 

 the fiscal years 1888 to 1897, inclusive. 



Articles exported. 



Wood, and manufactures of: 

 Lumber — 



Boards, deals, and planks 



Joists and scantlings 



Hoops and hoop poles 



Shingles 



Shooks 



Staves and headings 



All other lumber 



Timber, sawed 



Manufactures of wood — 



Doors, sash, and blinds 



Moldings, trimmings, and other 

 house finishings 



Hogsheads and barrels, empty.. 



House furniture 



Woodenware 



All other 



Total wood, and manufactures 

 of 



$97, 454 



1,623 



17, 561 



903 



133, 816 



14, 757 



1,369 



1, 690 



19, 186 



789 



3,894 



$79, 470 



6,262 



13, 887 



1,005 



145, 737 



13, 752 



3,531 



6,630 



3,062 



11 



447 



27, 397 



910 



9.703 



$70, 419 



5,714 



13, 659 



1,229 



129, 406 



11,663 



1,537 



3, 883 



12 



190 



24, 192 



916 



5,148 



1891. 



$94, 266 

 11,573 

 7,349 

 1,438 

 74, 383 

 6,114 

 2,659 



25 



12 



115 



25, 046 



350 



7,590 



$114, 791 

 9,658 



13, 933 

 1,052 



35, 239 



19, 800 

 2,721 



714 



131 



110 

 1,390 



20, 952 

 864 



• 3. 742 



230,920 325,103 



I 



Annual 

 average. 



$91, 280 



6,966 



13, 278 



1,125 



123, 717 



13,217 



2,363 



2,245 



649 



29 



768 



23, 355 



766 



6, 015 



285, 773 



Articles exported. 



1893. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



Annual 

 average. 



Wood, and manufactures of: 

 Lumber — 



Boards, deals, and planks 



$133, 341 

 15. 731 

 8,183 

 125 

 76, 731 

 28,311 

 4,605 



46 

 340 



2,320 



143 



2,151 



25, 624 



941 



$161, 697 



11, 105 



10, 040 



2,605 



107, 160 



18,516 



9,470 



$134, 587 

 7,450 

 (a) 

 1,707 

 112, 742 

 11,855 

 4,915 



3,300 



$117, 186 



6,763 



(a) 



446 



113,565 



14, 127 



5,000 



$122, 524 

 1,986 

 (a) 

 1,188 

 75, 907 

 9,360 

 2,506 



60 



$133, 867 

 8,607 





6 9,112 

 1,214 







97,221 





16, 434 





5,299 



Timber — 



681 









68 



Manufactures of wood- 





24 



212 



421 



18,120 



397 



2,510 







469 



Moldings trimmings, and other 



340 

 326 



22, 521 

 577 



64 



518 



16, 518 



547 



4,897 



201 



349 



15, 700 



497 



3,759 



192 



Hogsheads and barrels, empty.. 



753 



19, 697 



592 







3,955 1 2,869 



3, 598 







Total wood, and manufactures 

 of 



302, 547 



347, 226 



298, 240 



279, 631 



234, 037 



292, 336 







a Xot separately stated. 



b Annual average 1893- 



Tropical woods are imported from Santo Domingo in small lots by the 

 native boatmen of the latter island. This trade is inconspicuous. 

 Spanish cedar for cigar boxes is also imported in limited quantities 

 from Cuba and Haiti. 



The island offers a good prospective market for hardwood timber for 

 use in cart construction. The writer is inclined to believe that the 

 Porto Eicans are making a mistake in using pine as a substitute for 

 rafters in their durable masonry buildings, inasmuch as it is much more 

 liable to destruction from rot and insect ravages than the hardwoods 

 of the island. This country could supply them with oak beams for 



