CONTENTS 
CHAP. PAGE 
I. TIMBER . 1 
II. THE world's forest SUPPLY. QUANTITIES OF TIMBER 
USED. TIMBER IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN . . 17 
III. EUROPEAN TIMBER 29 
IV. TIMBER OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA . . .65 
V. TIMBERS OF SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND WEST 
INDIA ISLANDS 121 
VI. TIMBERS OF INDIA, BURMA, AND ANDAMAN ISLANDS . . 160 
VII. TIMBER OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MALAY PENINSULA, 
JAPAN, AND SOUTH AND WEST AFRICA .... 191 
VIII. AUSTRALIAN TIMBERS 209 
IX. TIMBERS OF NEW ZEALAND AND TASMANIA .... 238 
X. CAUSES OF DECAY AND DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER . . 255 
XI. SEASONING AND IMPREGNATION OF TIMBER .... 269 
XII. DEFECTS IN TIMBER AND GENERAL NOTES .... 288 
XIII. STRENGTH AND TESTING OF TIMBER 301 
XIV. "figure" IN TIMBER 320 
APPENDIX .......... 329 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 333 
