§ LOCAL CONDITIONS OF FORESTRY IN ENGLAND. 

in good request for making clog soles. Pitwood is readily 
disposed of for the collieries of Lancashire and otherdistricts. 
Cumbcriand—Good Ash is in demand for coachbuildcing 
and agricultural implements, and Oak, Beech, Larch, and 
Sycamore—if of good size—can be readily disposed of to 
buyers from Newcastle, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. 
Durham.—Ash, Larch, Oak, and Elm are in request for 
cartwright and similar work; while coniferous pole-wocd is 
readily absorbed by the Collieries. Sycamore sells well if of 
large size. Some wood—presumably Oak—is converted into 
charcoal, with the formation of wood naphtha and wood tar. 
The better classes of timber are taken by buyers from New- 
castle, Sheffield, and London. | 
Glamorgan.—Small sized wood of any kind is in good 
demand for pit props. Ash, Oak, and Elm areused in the 
manufacture of tools, wheels, agricultural implements, etc. 
Gloucester.—Ash and Oak are bought for waggon and rail- 
way work, Beech for manufacturing tool-handles, and Elm for 
tin-plate boxes. 
Flertford.—-Oak and Ash are readily saleable to cartwrights 
and large ouilders, a considerable amount going to London, 
Woolwich, and Aldershot. LargeSycamore is also readily 
marketable. 
Kent.—The demand for timber of all kinds is good. Oak 
and Ash are worked up into agricultural implements, and used 
in railway work ; Larch and other timbers are in request for 
fencing ; Hornbeam is made into cogged wheels ; Beech finds 
a good sale for chair-making; Poplar and Lime are used to 
construct packing cases; Elm sells well for carts and coffins, 
while Willow is sought for cricket bats. [here is an excellent 
demand for coppice wood of Oak, Hazel, and Ash. 
Nor foltk.—Birch, Alder, and Beech are bought for conver- 
sion into brush-backs, boot-trees and lasts ; while Ash, Pine, 
and Spruce are absorbed in ordinary country work. Large: 
Oak is extensively taken by the North-Eastern Railway Com- 
pany for their works at York and Newcastle, 
Northumbcrland.—The coal and lead mines, together with 
the railway works, create a good demand for timber, espe- 
