WOOD CONSUMPTION, 



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Amount and value of forest products used during the census year 1S90 — Continued. 



Classes of products. 



III. Exported timber not included in Subdivision I h 

 Hewn timber, 6,900,000 cubic feet 



Logs and round timber 



Ki\ ed staves, sta\ e and bolts 



Total 



IV 



'. Wood pulp :& 



1300,000 tons ground paper pulp 



80,000 tons soda pulj) 



60, 000 tons sulphite pulp fiber 



50,000 tons pulp for other purposes , 



Miscellaneous mill products other than lumber manufactured directly from logs or 

 bolts e 



Total materials requiring bolt or log size 



This last figure of u miscellaneous products " is a very considerable underestimate, based 

 upon census returns, and we are entirely safe in rounding off the total of sizable 

 timber used and its value to 



YI. 1'uel i n the shape of \% ood d 



In the shape of charcoal 



VII. Wood ubed for dyeing extracts and charcoal for gunpowder c 



Total amount and value of wood consumption 



VIII. Naval stores : c 



Turpentine barrels. 



Rosin do... 



XX.e Wood alcohol gallons. 



Acetic aeid in acetate of lime 



X. Tanning materials : a 



Hemlock bark cords. 



Oak bark do.-. 



Hemlock and bark for extract , do... 



Sumac leaves for tanning — tons . 



Sumac leaves for extract do . . . 



Various, not accounted for 



XI. Maple sugar pounds* 



Maple sirup gallons*. 



Total value of forest byproducts 



Total value of all forest products 



Add 10 per cent for omissions and underestimates a. 



Total value of wood and forest products at original place of production, estimated 

 to have been used during census year 1890 



Estimate d cubic 

 Quantity. contents ot'iorest* 

 grown materials 



Cubic feet. 

 9, 000, 000 

 2, 500, 000 

 500, OOU 



Value. 



12, 000, 000 



$1, 230, 000 

 2, 000, 000 

 1, 500, 000 



4.730,000 



75, 000, 000 



SO, 000, €00 



3,550,000 

 20, 765, 000 



5,327,000 000 418,029,924 



5, 500, 000, 000 



18, 000, 000, 000 



250. 000, 000 



10, 200. 000 



450, 000, 000 



450, 000, 000 



7, 000, 000 



437, 000 



2\ 760, 000, 000 , 907, 437, 000 



Value. 



346, 544 



1, 429, 154 



2, 000, 000 



1, 056, 000 



322, 150 



61,200 



3, 300 



3,750 



32, 952, 927 

 2, 258, 376 



£5, 459, 115 

 2, 413, 757 



1, 750, 000 

 360, 000 



6, 925, 000 



2, 783, 500 



307, 500 



198, 000 



112,000 



74, 000 



3, 300, 000 

 2, 200, 000 



Total value. 



$7,872,872 

 2,110,000 



10, 400, 000 



5,500,000 



25, 882, 872 



933, 319, 872 

 93,331,987 



1, 026, 650, 859 



a Estimated by the Division of Forestry. 



b From returns of Bureau of {Statistics, IT. S. Treasury Department. 



c Based on figures of the Eleventh Census. 



d Based on figures of the Tenth Census and canvass of Division of Forestry. 



Making allowance for the increase in business and values and rounding off the values given 

 for 1890, we may estimate the present conditions about as follows: 



Mill products, lumber, shingles, implement and furniture stock, etc $450, 000, 000 



Railroad construction 45,000,000 



Export timber 5,000,000 



Wood pulp -.- 5,000,000 



Miscellaneous bolt sizes 50, 000, 000 



Total materials requiring log and bolt sizes 555. 000, 000 



Fuel and fencing 450,000,000 



7, 000, 000 



500, 000 



8,500,000 



Charcoal 



Dyewood and gunpowder 



Naval stores 



Wood alcohol and acetic acid 2,500,000 



Tanning material 15,000,000 



Maple sirup and sugar 5, 500, 000 



Grand total 1,014,000,000 



It should, of course, be understood that all such figures are mere approximations to the truth 

 based upon careful consideration of the partial information obtainable for the single items. 



• In comparison with these enormous amounts and values expressing home consumption and 

 home production, the amounts of imports and exports become quite insignificant. 



The imports of wood and other forest materials amount to between twenty and thirty million 



