. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 163 15,372 loads, ascertained by comparison with the stock on hand at 31st December last, there having been no arrivals from Quebec in the in- terval. Of Quebec deals the quarter's consum- ption has been 2,079 standards, pitch pine logs, hewn and sawn, 7,600 loads, and pine deals 770 loads. A public sale, as noted blow, was held at Greenock on 2nd inst., at which there was a good company, and transactions were of con- siderable importance, about
. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 163 15,372 loads, ascertained by comparison with the stock on hand at 31st December last, there having been no arrivals from Quebec in the in- terval. Of Quebec deals the quarter's consum- ption has been 2,079 standards, pitch pine logs, hewn and sawn, 7,600 loads, and pine deals 770 loads. A public sale, as noted blow, was held at Greenock on 2nd inst., at which there was a good company, and transactions were of con- siderable importance, about 600 logs changing hands, .besides parcels of deals. AUCTION SALE. On 2nd inst., at Greenock, Messrs. Singleton, Dunn. & Co. brokers :— Quebec waney boardwood— Per c. ft. 41 to 50 c. ft. av. per log Is. lOd. to Is. lid. 56 " Is. 8Jd. Quebec yellow pine— 35 to 74 c ft av. per log Is. 1M. to Is. 2Jd 40 Is. OJd. 29 is. OJd. Quebec red pine— 49 c ft. av. per log Is. 3d. & IS. 03O. 40 " Is. lfd. 35 Is. Id. 30 " lljd. Quebec birch (20 logs)— 15 c. ft. av. per log Is. l^d. Quebec oak (2 logs—176 c ft.)— 2s. Id. Hewn pitch pine— 100 c. ft. av. log Is. 2d. 45 " 18, Sawn pitch pine— 40 c ft. av. per log Is. ljd. Quebec 2nd spruce deals— lift 9X» 9d. 10 " 9x3 8jd. Quebec spruce deals— 14 ft. 11x3 lOJd, 12 " 12x3 94d. 12 " 11x3 9id. 12 " |X3 8Jd. 10 it 11 " 7/12x3 8d. Quebec 4th pine deal ends— 6 to 8 ft. 8d. Hirbnirchi pine deal ends— 8 to 8 ft. 6Jd- * 7d. LAWSON'S CYPRESS. In a considerable collection of young ever- greens, none is more satisfactory, in every res- pect, than Lawson's Cypress (Cupressus Law goniana). The pendulous branches have a remarkable feathery grace which belongs to no other tree, while the foliage is of the deepest green. This cypress is a native of Northern California and Oregon, where it reaches the height of one hundred feet or more. It was discovered in 1854 by Mr. William Murray, wh
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