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INTRODITCTORY REMARKS. 



are well adapted for the production of wood. By 

 planting these extensive tracts, our home supply of 

 timber might easily be rendered equal to our de- 

 mands, and a sum which, according to the present 



vinced by consulting the following table of duties paid on this, 

 article in the year 1827 : — 



Pine Timber 



Balks and ufers, .... 



£ 1,096 



Battens and batten-ends> . 



111,013 



Clap and pipe boards, 



834 



Paling, . ..... 



382 



Deals, , . . . . 



634,737 



Deal-ends, ..... 



32,820 



Fire-wood, ..... 



2,913 



Fir quarters, . . . . 



3,520 



Lath-wood, . , . . . 



35,821 



Masts and spars, . < . . 



21,464 



Fir-logs, 8 inches square, and upwards, 



575,452 



£ 1,420,052 



Oak, Elm, Ash. 





Handspikes.. . . . - 



£ 660 



Knees for ships (oak), 



1,262 



Oak plank, - . . = 



22,752 



Oars (ash), .... 



1,222 



Staves (oak), , . = . 



50,139 



Oak logs ..... 



30,102 



Wainscot logs . . , 



13,270 



IJnenumerated timber. 



7,880 



£ 127,287 



