ib2 BULLETIN 474, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
On the island of Andros (Bahamas) it is often used for board walks 
and other purposes requiring durability. Mahogany grows on most 
of the West India Islands. In the early days of railroad and bridge 
building there and in Central America the lasting qualities of ma- 
hogany made it a favorite wood for railroad ties and bridge timbers, 
which greatly reduced the supply. 
IMPORTATIONS. 
Previous to 1892 there is no complete record of the quantity of ma- 
hogany shipped to the United States, nor even of the countries from 
which mahogany was imported. Since that year, however, a record 
has been kept by one of the large importers‘ of the mahogany enter- 
ing New York from the chief centers of production. .The following 
table gives the quantities imported since 1892 from each of these 
regions: 
TABLE I1—wShipments of true mahogany entering New York from 1892 to 1910. 
inclusive. 
| | 
{ Central 
Year. Cuba. Mexico. |andSouth! Total. 
| America. 
Thousand | Thousand’| Thousand | Thousand 
Jett. feet. feet. fect. 
LOD se MS oe me es pea ete Me ae ale ay (LR. at ere ence En 3, 884 GO LLG | aati ce eee 11, 755 
BOB 2-35 Ses he 5 eee ee a ee Ge eee SEEN OEE gga 5, $60 10941 9b fae eee 16,901 
Th ty See a Re Seton tialan ae ke ME ee ee EET FY | 1, 506 3. 900 vee een antes 5, 415 
IRB FSG ve. PERO EEO TIL to) PEE meee 2,549 Fy S18 gis cad 8, 366 
AS OG ce crs hs eerie eee a tle rch or aie ce ge | 451 6 194s) pes ee eee 7, 244 
P8075 Sore se aon ste peu rteare trea) ey ee CN 94 6, 202 1, 756 8, 053 
EL SOS atacand ee ap 92 9,396 | , 6,541 16, 034 
PROG Were SS: ee SSSR a EEE. ER RE Ae EEE A ee 689 11, 477 8, 985 21, 150 
11 eee ak Pn eae eases SMe Hee GARIN pita RD ENE! 27 C 3,615 9, 557 4, 186 17, 357 
HDG bit: a Sar eek ae CE eee Gee 3, 822 7, 877 3, 302 15, 000 
BC 0 pe i a i A Ne re res I el oe 6, 043 6,940 3, 407 16, 390 
MOOR Sse eee ys RS SEES Ce Rees eee aan ee etd eee a 4,742 9,145 3,580 17, 466 
BOO aah area 2 bs a a <i ra er a ey eh, Tae Sa SR ee ape 1, 564 7, 043 2, 842 11, 448 
190502 oot ait Rd eer ee Paks ee yee eee 1, 829 3,195 2,615 7, 638 
1 KY (11s a ee ao eR RET OE ie ee ete WN Ses Oe me see Te 3, 883 4,164 1, 563 9, 609 
OTe eae cis Aero cae, Gee EVER Coa SEE Lie eek Oe geal 3, 458 8, 387 3,304 15, 149 
1GOB = ie ee I a ie ee Se 8 AT ee linge aE 1, 796 5, 205 2,597 9, 598 
1909-288 26 Eee ee Se ea: ota. Se Se Ce eee ee 3, 037 3, 452 11, 557 18, 046 
Ty ae a eS ere e ae eee eI eRe ee Slee cw 2,576 7,983 2,128 12, 686 
The logs imported from Central and South America from 1892 
to 1896, inclusive, are included with those quoted from Mexico. 
Fluctuations in the amounts of mahogany imported into this country 
from one year to another can not be attributed to any particular 
cause. Imports of 1894 to 1897, inclusive, were all low, averaging a 
little less than 7,750,000 feet annually. During the seven years which 
followed the annual importations averaged approximately 16,000,000 
feet, in the banner year (1899) amounting to 21,149,750 feet. 
Since 1892 Mexico has shipped to the port of New York upward 
of 136,000,000 feet of true mahogany, while since 1897 Central and 
Mr. Geo. F. Herriman, New York City. 
