KAURI TIMBER FOR THE HOME MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9369, 20 May 1889, Page 10

KAURI TIMBER FOR THE HOME MARKET.

A commercial venture, which will possibly open up quite a new Held for one of New Zealand's staples of export, was on May 8 inaugurated by the Kauri Timber Company despatching from the Kaipara the barque Blenda with a shipment of kauri direct to the great home port of Glasgow. It has long been held in the colonies, and is in fact conceded in the home country, that its regards quality and fitness for many purposes, the kauri timber could hold its own wit!) the bulk of England's imported timber, but the insufficient knowledge of the requirements of so distant a market, lias hitherto caused the trade in kauri to be of small extent and minor importance. The Kauri Company, in sending home the present shipment, have wisely decided to forward their timber in Hitches of 3 to 9 inches gauge, with widths varying from 20 to 60 inches, so that the buyers in England can have a wide range of choice as regards the size and strength and length of plank or board. The timber has been carefully selected, and is a good specimen of New Zealand's best limber, and the enterprising company only await a satisfactory issue to this initial venture to forward extensive and periodical supplies.