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THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



Table 11.— Comparison of selling prices, in cents per cubic foot, of timber in various 



countries. 





1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



1899. 



1900. 



Pine and spruce logs from— 



Russia 



15.8 

 13.3 



13.8 

 20.2 

 8.1 

 28.6 

 55.0 



21.9 

 21.7 

 24.9 

 23.9 

 26.4 

 24.4 



16.3 

 13.8 

 14.3 

 20.8 

 8.0 

 29.2 

 53.0 



24.1 

 23.8 

 27.0 

 25.2 

 26.6 

 24.7 



16.9 

 13.1 

 15.0 

 21.8 

 8.2 

 29.0 

 50.7 



24.1 

 24.0 

 27.1 

 26.3 

 26.8 

 24.5 



17.6 

 14.3 

 15.0 

 24.0 

 8.2 

 32.6 

 54.3 



25.0 

 24. 4 

 27.6 

 27.6 

 29.2 

 25.1 



18.6 

 15.7 

 16.6 

 25.2 

 8.9 

 38.2 

 55.0 



29.5 

 27.4 

 28.8 

 35.0 

 34 1 



Sweden 



Norway 



Germany 



France 



United States 



Canada 



Pine and spruce sawed timber from— 



Russia 



Sweden 



Norway 



Germany 



United States 



Canada.. 



28.7 





The highest prices for hewn as well as unhewn timber were com- 

 manded by Canada and the United States, as these countries supplied 

 the largest logs. The timber from Russia contained a great cleal of 

 small logs for mines. That from Sweden and Norway was at the 

 lowest prices because it contained very small logs. France ships to 

 England pulpwood only, and such timber is practically on a par with 

 firewood. For sawed lumber, Germany and America commanded the 

 highest prices. 



Tables 12 and 13 are of interest as giving details of timber values. 



Table 12. — Stumpage prices, in cents per cubic foot, of timber in the south of England, 



1904-1905.0- 



Price. 



Prime clean oak, standing 



Rougher oak 



Clean-grown ash 



Beech, 20 inches in diameter and upward. 

 Elm 



Good clean willow, suitable for cricket bats . 



Hard woods, small dimensions 



Larch 



Scotch pine and spruce : 



60 



44 



60 



24 to 32 



24 



60 



12 to 18 



24 to 28 



8 to 16 



a ^Y. stone. From Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. 1906, pp. 204-5. 

 Table 13. — Approximate value, in cents per cubic foot, of timber, 1902. o- 





Under 15 

 feet. 



15 to 25 

 feet. 



25 to 50 

 feet. 



50 feet 

 upward, 



Oak 



30 

 24 

 12 

 18 



40 



36 



18 



24 



18 to 28 



12 to 18 



8 to 12 



6 36 



6 24 



6 50 



6 36 



6 50 



6 36 



6 30 



6 24 



6 20 



66 



624 



6 18 



6 18 



6 24 



6 60 



6 50 



50 



6 50 



• 6 24 



6 36 



6 60 



Ash 





Elm 





Beech 





Larch 





























Horse-chestnut 









Wfllnnt (^ rpfia"! 











. . 





















Willow .. ' 

























Pnnlnr TjfiTnbnrdv 









Birch 

























Acacia 



















Holly 















a From Minutes of Evidence, Departmental Committee, British Forestry, 

 6 And upward. 



p. 171. 



