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JOUKNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Imports and Exports of Wood and Timber. 



The subjoined tables, showing that our Imports of timber and wood 

 (exclusive of wocd-pulp) are thirty times as great as our Exports, are 

 more convincing than any explanation can be : — 



Imports 



Quantities 





Value 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1903 



1904 



1905 



Hewn : Fir, oak, teak, &c. (other 

 than pit props or pit wood). 

 From Russia . . . (loads) 

 „ Sweden ... „ 

 „ Norway ... „ 

 ,, Germany . . „ 

 ,, United 'States of America 

 (loads) 



„ British East Indies „ 

 „ Canada ... „ 

 „ Other Countries . „ 



Total . . . „ 

 Hewn : Pit props or pit wood „ 



Total of wood hewn „ 



Sawn or split, planed or dressed. 

 From Russia . . . (loads) 

 „ Sweden ... „ 

 „ Norway . . . „ 

 „ United states of America 

 (loads) 



„ Canada , „ 

 „ Other Countries . „ 



Total ... „ 



Staves of all dimensions . „ 



Furniture Woods, Hardwoods 

 and Veneers : 

 Mahogany . . . (tons) 

 Other sorts ... „ 



Total of wood and timber 



291,665 

 35,537 

 64.686 

 185,069 

 191,995 



54,109 

 66,559 

 26,450 



278,787 

 33,653 

 56,009 

 126,514 

 172,555 



30,879 

 51,798 

 24,000 



244,887 

 20.108 

 54,278 

 134,908 

 147,798 



39,636 

 60,481 

 36,904 



£ 



650,511 

 63,839 

 117,586 

 548,750 

 1,024,063 



705,203 

 443,744 

 290,893 



£ 



664,809 

 59,722 

 164,746 

 380,940 

 914,074 



425,805 

 296.952 

 227,128 



£ 



574,414 

 35,872 

 99,809 

 415,131 

 731,337 



588,941 

 385,954 

 409,690 



3,241,148 

 2 937 74-K 



916,070 



9 391 34ft 



774,855 



O 330 K77 



739,060 

 2,120,116 



3,844,589 



O 3«H 

 ^,OoO,ooO 



3,074,176 



O AQK 113 





3 1 07 430 



2 859 176 



C 370 QKA 



K KKQ OQQ 



K a7Q OQ3 

 0,4/ O,ovo 



1,964.295 

 1,683,678 

 559,596 

 700,257 



1,508,172 

 326,235 



1,963,536 

 1,515,556 

 493,932 

 580,701 



1,280,602 

 231,909 



2,120,520 

 1,522,399 

 499,127 

 490,632 



1,160,169 

 192,938 



5,072,868 

 4,062,574 

 1,550,540 

 2,308,264 



4,268,886 

 929,387 



4,693,327 

 3,401,582 

 1,341,531 

 1,927,894 



3,497,456 

 644,009 



4,962,192 

 3,442,227 

 1,303,161 

 1,695,466 



3,266,591 

 583,543 



6,742,233 



6,066,236 



5,985,785 



18,192,519 



15,505,799 



15,253,180 



129,773 



88,942 

 175,724 



132,176 



103,770 

 197,956 



119,182 



96,428 

 197,111 



570,859 



797,125 

 1,182,499 



527,696 



892,725 

 1,152,476 



553,092 



820,395 

 1,170,798 









27,122,956 



23,637,985 



23,276,358 



Exports. 



Wood and Timber : 

 Hewn .... (loads) 

 Sawn or split, planed or dressed „ 

 Staves of all dimensions . . „ 



furxiture woods, hardwoods and 

 Veneers : 

 Mahogany . . . (tons) 

 Other sorts ... „ 



Wood and Timber : 

 Rough, hewn, sawn, or split, and 

 staves .... (loads) 



Total of wood and timber . 



8,856 

 25,301 

 7,596 



29,782 

 9,400 



7,751 



10,048 

 23,071 

 6,563 



29,095 

 10,612 



9,872 



9,877 

 21,753 

 8,501 



27,327 

 15,168 



13,833 



103,926 

 130,220 

 60,154 



293,014 

 95,274 



51,161 

 733,752 



108,021 

 142,801 

 38,183 



258,474 

 93,611 



67,593 



107,693 

 123,314 

 78,046 



260,074 

 118,846 



79,046 









708,683 



I 767,019 



