274 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES, [ ch . xxxiii. 
Table CXLVII. 
Vertical Experiments on cubes of— 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
1 Inch. 
2 Inches. 
3 Inches, j 4 Inches. 
Crushed with 
Crushed with 
Crushed with 
Crushed with 
13—16 
17, 18 
19, 20 
21, 22 
23, 24 
25, 26 
Tons. 
2- 375 
3’5°o 
3- 250 
3'5°° 
3-75o 
3-500 
Tons. 
8'000 
8-500 
8-250 
8-750 
8-375 
8-875 
Tons. 
21-875 
Tons. 
34-00 
Total . 
i9‘S75 
5075 
— 
— 
Average . 
3-312 
8-46 
21-875 
34-00 
Do. per in. 
3’3i2 
2-115 
2431 
2-125 
Nos. 27 to 30.—Four pieces, each 2x2 inches, and respectively 1, 2, 
3, and 4 inches in length, crushed with 9-375, 8460, 8-250, and 9-50 Tons. 
E = 588900. S = 1715. 
Contracts are annually made for the supply of 
Canada Red Pine timber for the Royal Navy, according 
to the following specification and condition, namely :— 
The Red Pine timber to be of the first quality, fresh cut, 
good, sound, merchantable, apd well-conditioned, from 
11 to 15 inches square, averaging 12*4 inches, 20 feet 
and upwards in length, and the spine must be seen from 
the butt to the top on each of the four sides. 
