. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 14 THE CJLITJLIDJL LUMBERMAN April, 1897 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The tables of the trade and navigation of the Dominion of Canada for the year ending June 30th, 1896, contain some interesting statistics of the imports and exports of forest products, as compiled from theofficial returns. The total value ot exports of wood goods is shown to be $19,- 996,803, against $17,504,302 for the previous year. The imports reached in value $1,942,708, as compared with $1,642,337
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 14 THE CJLITJLIDJL LUMBERMAN April, 1897 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The tables of the trade and navigation of the Dominion of Canada for the year ending June 30th, 1896, contain some interesting statistics of the imports and exports of forest products, as compiled from theofficial returns. The total value ot exports of wood goods is shown to be $19,- 996,803, against $17,504,302 for the previous year. The imports reached in value $1,942,708, as compared with $1,642,337 in 1895. The fol- lowing table gives the value of the different classes of logs, timber and lumber exported, to- gether with the proportion shipped to Great Britain and the United States : Great Total Value. Britain. United States. 627 124,361 . . 18,419 . . 6,627 500 1,423,489 86,075 Article Exported. Logs, cedar $ 3>458 " elm 124,988 " hemlock 18,607 '* oak 6,627 " pine 1,423,989 " spruce 86,075 " all other "2,763 58,172 Lumber, planks and boards 8,513,710 583,393 7,041,074 " spruce deals 5,579,746 4,865,305 " pine deals 3.°° 3>° " deal ends 520,646 506,331 5>'92 " bassvvood 35>963 l6>535 battens 35>267 io5 Laths 492,224 Joists >4>747 Scantling °7 255>678 Headings 699,155 87,176 603,538 Piling 67,355 67,355 Telegraph poles 38,498 38,498 Posts 60,949 60,949 Sleepers and railroad 213,662 208,254 Stave bolts 34>672 Box shooks 72.'33 '5 34>767 Other shooks 29,184 2,280 Shingles 899,547 886,103 Square timber, ash 52>95° " " birch 228,876 226,335 945 " " elm 209,409 206,843 " " oak 614,028 613,306 " " red 108,436 107,826 200 " " white pine. 1,570,652 1,567,370 432 " " all other .. 67,754 61,956 5>25i Pulpwood 627,865 27,
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