TRUE MAHOGANY. i 
South America have shipped about 50,000,000 feet. Although Cuba 
ships to this country more logs than either Mexico or Central and 
South America the number of board feet is much below that of 
Mexico, being approximately only 52,000,000 feet during the last 19 
years. The other main ports of entry for true mahogany are Boston 
and New Orleans. 
Tt is practically impossible to ascertain just what proportion of 
the wood entering these ports as mahogany is true mahogany. A fair 
approximation has been reached, however, by grouping?‘ together the 
imports from countries within the range of true mahogany and those 
outside of its natural range. The following table shows these ap- 
proximations: 
TasLeE I1.—Quantity and value of true mahogany and other woods imported as 
mdhogany (unsawed) from different countries during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1914. 
True mahogany. Other ‘‘mahogany’* 
woods. 
Country. 
Quantity.| Value. (|Quantity.| Value. 
~ Mfeet. | Mfeet 
SAPHASHPIOHU TASER sec A. eS SS al ee owe 11 O74") $7815 938! |-= es. | eee 
cea ee AT STI 0 Bt oe on econ cadclectcecee esse | 332,441 | 4 $2,377,502 
op DOES Se 6S 2p ae ae 13 | (Ee eal engage a 
SSP RRS SS Se eee DEORE =o" “198-600 | ais eae S| pet eee 
CATER REED BS SS SS ss a Bec 718 | 43 s(0)-|losee ee |= ase eee 
SSL Ee SSace f= 8 2 Se ee ee Gyo9 lp 300; 4ale| nea cee ee la eee eee 
oe Fe BPE sn aS Begs Se VS ica HOSSSU ly po (O0s1 4S | sone es cee|e ee Seer 
wen a = ae URS [oa RG 17) es soee5 |sSaeosso-os4 
Spaviee ee eee = bot AUS ee Been eee eae 28 | SSP 4) Sooo see scons . 
PDD Dain SS Seo Sa 537 | Se ett) |e Secde so) essseeso sso 
2 LL UNPCIG US SDT S225 5 eit ie ee ee ee ea | oe Seen et ee 717 44,552 
( DLES ROTTS DoS S 2 a eee ee 44 | 2, 807 5 297 
DONS S TSS 52 3S eee ie ree 37,307 | 2,502,775 | 33)163| 2,422,351 
Table II shows that about 4,000,000 feet more of true mahogany 
was imported by the United States than of the other “mahoganies ” 
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. It is probable that 
some of the mahogany reported from the different mahogany- 
producing countries is not true mahogany; it is also probable that 
a considerable quantity of wood which is not true mahogany and is 
marketed in this country as mahogany is imported under some other 
name. The total quantity of true mahogany is. therefore, probably 
less than that of the other woods.2 The bulk of true mahogany, 
i Data for this purpose were derived from the Department of Commerce. 
2 More recent statistics not given on account of abnormal trade conditions. 
“Only 13,423,000 feet were imported directly from Africa. The remainder constitute 
reshipments from England, Germany, and France. 
+English shippers include insurance and freight in their statement of export values, 
which accounts for the comparatively high cost per thousand board feet. 
>A good deal of sabicu (Lysiloma sabicu Benth.) and Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata 
L.) is shipped from Cuba as mahogany. Colombia exports the Colombian mahogany 
(Cariniana pyriformis Miers.), which is not the true mahogany. Honduras, Guatemala, 
and Mexico export nispero (Achras sapota L.) and Spanish cedar as mahogany. 
