7 6 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES, [chap. xii. 
the middle is less than n inches or more than 18 inches, 
and no plank of 4, 3 and 3 inches, less than 9 inches 
or more than 15 inches, and none of 2^4 and 2 inches, 
less than 8 or more than 15 inches, clear of sap at half 
the length, is to be received. 
All the timber, thick-stuff, and plank to be fresh-cut, 
good, sound, merchantable, well-conditioned, and in 
every respect fit for Her Majesty’s service. 
