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FOEESTKY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In former years the imports were more closely differentiated in the reports of the Statistical 

 Bureau, especially as to the kinds of cabinet woods. To show this differentiation, and also to 

 enable us to form an idea of the amount of wood represented in the importations of materials 

 which we could produce, and in our exports, an estimate of their cubic contents was made in the 

 report of the Division of Forestry for 1887. A portion of the tables, which covered the period 

 from 1SS0 to 1887, is here reproduced. It appears from these that our imports represent in the 

 neighborhood of 100,000,000 cubic feet of wood, while our exports, worth nearly $60,000,000, must 

 at present amount to probably 200,000,000 cubic feet. From these tabulations we also see that we 

 pay for imports at the rate of 15 to 10 cents per cubic foot, while our exports are figured at 

 between 11 and 12 cents. 



Exports of ivood and ivood products, 1883-1887* 



Articles. 



1883. 



Firewood 



Boards, deals, and 



planks 



Joists and scantling:.-. 

 Hoops and booppoles, 



etc 



Laths 



Palings, pickets, and 



bed slats 



Shingles 



Shooks, box 



Shooks, other \ 



Staves and headings. . ./ 



All other lumber 



Timber, sawed \ 



Timber, hewed J 



Logs and other timber. . 



Total uninanufac- 



Cubic I'eet. Value 



432, 600! $15, 552 

 41, 617, 1G6' 8. 377, 908 



1884. 



Cubic feet. Value. 



1,737,300 



a 301, 100 



^38, 826 

 357, 332 



a4S,674,010 



13, 063, 600 



19, 913, 220 



31, 757, 002 



tured 



Manufactures of— 

 Doors, sash, andblindh 

 Moldings, trimmings, 



etc 



Hogsheads and bar- 

 rels, empty 



Household furniture 



Woodenware 



All other manufac- 

 tures 



158, 793, 110 



Total manufactures 



Naval stores: 

 Bosin 



Turpentine and pitch 

 Spirits of turpentine. 



Total naval stoies 

 and spirits of tur- 

 pentine , 



Bark and tanning ex- 

 tracts 



Matches 



A grit ulturai implements 



Sewing machines 



Musical instruments 



401, 045 



3, 439, 158 



089, 072 



3, 203, 015 



7, 793, 445 



41,499 

 "i22,"466 



254, 01G 



f 34, 438, 300 

 I 1,048,456 



4, 455, 900 

 153, 000 



138, 983 



45, 168 



114, 540 



203, 779 857, 141 



89, 333 653, 985 



4, 867,401k 40 ' 29^200 

 1, 5G7, 031 J 8, 135, 000 

 ^ lft<> 9-i<>\( 36,704,331 

 J."!' 1 X i«» 015, 065 



1, 540, 637 



20, 948, 624 



21, 307, 900 



143, 614, 205 



$9, 464 



7, 079, 701 

 195, 043 



356, 470 

 22, 295 



15, 615 

 183, 521 

 186, 853 



1, 526, 4**7 



2, 686, 473 

 976,191 



2, 247, 328 

 1, 735, 382 

 1, 704, 635 



18,925,408 



301, 234 



2, 579, 369 



516, 770 



2, 447, 711 



5, 845, 084 



3, 242, 818 

 4, 366, 229 



7, 609, 047 



Miscellaneous 



163, 965 



87, 528 



124,499 



3, 883, 919 



3,061,639 



1, 20 1. 612 



8, 301, 197 



Total 166,750,526, 42,763,952 



393, 256 

 231, 548 

 426, 912 



294, 942 

 173, 661 



320, 184 

 3, 239, 775 2, 429, 831 

 541, 685 406, 264 



290, 784 



1, 724, 838 



7, 132, 960 5, 349, 720 



1885. 



1886. 



Cubic feet. Value. Cubic feet. Value 



209, 376 



34, 231, 192 

 1, 081, 324 



4, 332, 450 

 158, 617 



174, 881 



637,042 



720, 426 



4, 396, 395 



29,261,100 



9,841,200 



12,770,667 



8, 411, 066 



21, 147, 200 



127, 372, 936 



378, 688 



175, 204 



432, 275 



2, 838, 256 



428, 619 



2, 120, 952 



$6, 985 



6, 570, 576 

 183, 166 



346, 598 



20, 277 



28, 515 

 132, 976 

 205, 836 

 3,465,465 

 1, 950, 794 

 1, 182, 142 

 1,609,485 

 1, 289, 281 

 1,691,780 



261, 408! $8, 568 



36,155,464 6,620,911 

 898, 143' 151, 119 



2, 804, 850 

 . 295,855 



150, 645 

 581, 996 

 604, 498 



3, 295, 041 



224, 385 

 48, 377 



10, 544 

 103, 049 

 174, 723 

 1,198,444 



30,451,500 2,030,097 



9, 792, 500 1, 175, 099 



16. 112, 000 2, 092, 557 



5,037,612 

 15, 732, 100 



16,683,878 



6, 373, 994 



35, 603 

 142,"il2 



2, 909, 074 



91, 248 



118, 842 



3, 885, 500 



7, 004, 700 



292, 851 



106, 809 



3, 442, 767 



3,552,814 



1,079,118 



177, 715, 



150, 924, 880 



8, 474, 359 



39, 754, 187 



23, 280 

 "il5,"944 



284, 016 

 131, 403 



324, 206 



2, 128, 092 

 321, 464 



1, 590, 714 



4, 780, 495 



2, 198, 267 

 HG, 449 

 29, 847 



2, 690, 231 



4, 984, 794 



346, 218 



69, 840 



2, 561, 602 



2, 898, 698 



941,344 



139, 224 



133, 886, 154 



6, 817, 702 



33, 266, 869 



122, 173, 652 



356, 007 



139, 913 



663, 277 



2, 829, 083 



441, 647 



1, 84S, 531 



6, 278, 458 



829, 019 

 1, 258, 575 



15, 934, 461 



267, 005 



104, 935 



497, 458 



2,121,812 



331, 235 



1,386,398 



1887. 



Cubic feet. Value 



160, 600 



35, 396, 666 



717, 250 



2, 673, 150 



221, 008 



109, 680 



541, 016 



547, 016 



2,815,515 



30, 089, 325 



10, 036, 600 



13, 967, 410 



4, 260, 639 



13, 015, 975 



114, 551, 850 



4, 708, 843 



1, 963, 091 

 36, 208 

 32, 999 



2,811,777 



27, 401 

 'i03,*388 



130, 789 



128, 582, 899 



4, 844, 075 



283, 086 



82, 204 



2. 367, 258 



2, 584, 717 



871, 446 



6, 188, 724 



31, 676, 109 



364, 437 



152, 080 



609, 333 



2, 638, 327 



434, 648 



1, 973, 257 



6, 172, 082 



$4, 975 



6,531,144 

 126, 284 



213, 852 

 32, 940 



13, 853 



101,282 



136, 754 



938, 505 



2, 005, 955 



1, 204, 392 



1, 976, 750 



697, 915 



1, 041, 278 



15, 065, 879 



273, 328 



114, 061 



456, 992 



1, 978, 745 



325, 986 



1, 479, 943 



4, 629, 055 



25, 793 



25, 793 



120, 749, 725 



2, 301, 636 

 39, 772 

 29, 270 



3, 489, 985 



5, 860, 663 



239, 700 



77, 379 



2, 138. 398 



831, 837 



3, 287, 314 



28, 842, 881 



a The estimates of cubic feet marked (a) are based upon the values given and not upon official reports of quantity, and are therefore to 

 bo taken as only approximately correct. 



