. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. REVIEW OF THE LUMBER. DURING THE PAST SEASON. The Quebec Chronicle says âAnother ship- ping season is over and another winter has closed in upon us, and we may now offer a few supplementary remarks as we have gleaned them from manufacturers of square timber, merchants, mill-owners and others. To but few of these, as far as we can gather, has the season been a satisfactory one. Trade in England of â¢very description has been very much
. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. REVIEW OF THE LUMBER. DURING THE PAST SEASON. The Quebec Chronicle says âAnother ship- ping season is over and another winter has closed in upon us, and we may now offer a few supplementary remarks as we have gleaned them from manufacturers of square timber, merchants, mill-owners and others. To but few of these, as far as we can gather, has the season been a satisfactory one. Trade in England of â¢very description has been very much depress- ed, and sales of timber during the pastyear have been very difficult to make and the prices obtained very meagre. Morever, timber man- ufacturers on this side held their rafts for full prices, so that sales of square and waney white pine were not frequent, and only for immediate wants. Square pineâwith the exception of a few early rafts of new timber, which brought good prices, selling at much the same figure as last year, and large first-class waney a little higher. Most of the stock of pine is still in first hands. Hardwoods have been very dull of sale, In oak there has been but very few Bales, and at lower prices than last season ; the ship- ments of oak plank from United States ports on terms with which Quebec cannot compete has greatly damaged the prospects of this wood n our market. The production of square tim- bfir last winter was very much larger than anticipated at this time last year and was quite unwarranted by the reports from the various i markets. Deals have been in good demand in Great Britain, and most of the mill-owners on this side managed to dispose of their produce at full prices to the shipping merchants. A larger quantity than usual came from Michigan and were shipped at this port and in Montreal. A very large quantity of deals are now shipped from Montreal, most of which should be ship- pad from this port, and we learn that even some birch t
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