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to have risen in 1899, the declared value amounting to 
£12 2s. 7d. per load, or over 7s. above last year’s average and 
higher than in any year since 1886. 
In order to afford some idea of the extent to which the 
various countries have contributed to the timber supply of 
the United Kingdom during the past five years, reference 
may be made to the following table, which shows the agegre- 
gate value of the timber imported from each country. Sweden | 
Russia, and Canada contributed together about 68 per 
cent. of the total, the average annual imports from the first- 
named country being valued at 44,611,100, from Russia at 
£4,595,300, and from Canada at £4,377,600, whilst those from 
the United States were valued at less than one-half this sum 
Or 2,170,700. 





















| 18Q5. | 1896. 1807. 1892 1899. 
aa sees beers well Me 2g ia 
4 Russia - Sheers | 3,687,188 | 4,376,691 5,002,158 4,807,293 5,103,091 
Loads | 1,939,868 | 2,164,179 2,314,417 2,196 637 - 2,235,769 
Sweden - SS | 3,594,896 | 4,395,794 5,087,660 4,917,181 5,089 963 
; Loads | 1,958,844 | 2,275,510 2,411,441 2,316,416 2 358,574 
| Norway - Oss | 1,357:399 | _ Rystog, 1976 1,862,804 1,766,753 1,886,501 
é Loads | 717,138 | 794.515 879,758 802,844 861,462 
Germany - me | 862,535 | 1,029,491 1,170,615 1,076,176 1,091,220 
Loads | 310,947 | 377,172 451,768 378,507 361,404 
France - - | 5073444 | 537,194 613,904 440 488 646,948 
Loads | 627,667 | 645,912 764,374 525,098 785,031 
United States - ££ | 1,508,842 | ¥,981,445 2,639,343 2,225,093 2,598,643 
Loads 478,057 | 580,243 844,012 692,987 748,017 
: Canada - - £1} 3,149,803 4,140,986 53460,545 45364 021 45772785 
| Loads 1,276,917 | 1,598,539 2,132,530 1,741,504 1,872,438 
if British East Indies £ | 443,250 586,901 745,440 610,983 625,946 
2 Loads | 44,613 54.570 64,072 52,901 51,649 
i] Other Countries £ 361,560 TOMER 407,673 375,766 373:140 
: Loads 113447 ‘| 112,035 114.530 127,338 155,307 
| Total - - £1 15,473,967 18,926,200 22,990,142 20,592,754 22,188,238 
Loads 7,467,498 8,602,675 §,976,Q02 8,334,232 95430,641 



With regard to the quantities received, the total has 
averaged 8,862,500 loads during the past five years, of which 
Sweden supplied 2,264,200 loads, or 28 per cent.; Russia, 
2,170,200 loads, or 24 per cent.; Canada, 1,724,400 loads, or 
