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A RETURN OF THE QUANTITY OF TIMBER IMPORTED INTO NEW ZEALAND DURING THE YEARS 1906, 1907, AND 1908, SHOWING OREGON PINE SEPARATELY— contd.
Note. —No information is available for 1900 and 1903, as the original entries have by nowall been destroyed. The total importations for these periods, obtained from the statistics published yearly, appended hereto. Further, no information regarding sizes of timber can be obtained from our figures, as we receive them in quantity only in superficial feet. Also, returns of staves are not kept separately, and figures for these are not available. Eichaed Carter, Secretary and Inspector. Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 29th June, 1909.
Year 1900. Year KM 17. 5Tear I B08. Kind, and whence imported. Oregon Pine. Other Kinds, j Oregon Pine. Other Kinds. Oregon Pine. 'Other Kinds. Palings,— Victoria New South Wales Tasmania British Columbia No. No. 15,000 3,850 629,827 No. 4,500 No. 32,500 4,400 659,649 No. No. 11,375 760,405 Totals 648,677 4,500 696,549 771,780 Posts, — New South Wales West Australia.. Tasmania 520 1,000 7,822 20,723 28,669 54,276 Totals I 29,189 55,276 28,545 Rails, — New South Wales Tasmania 275 5,475 5,800 2,909 Totals 5,800 5,750 2,909 Sawn, undressed, — United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia West Australia.. Tasmania Fiji Bengal Canada British Columbia France Germany Norway Sweden Denmark United States, — East Coast .. West Coast .. China Japan.. South Sea Islands Sup. ft, 156,656 32,042 803,500 Sup. ft. 57,271 798,860 1,910,232 4,050 2,648,702 4,658,472 260 2,200 100 7,500 4,625 Sup. fi. 195,674 33,163 1,681 5,555 S ]). ft, 78,430 607,061 1,787,092 6,161,335 3,334,291 12,000 750 31,245 8,653 4,400 Sup. ft. 626,286 74,270 1,903 125,087 11,440,137 Sup. ft. 49,196 13,515 2,398,043 20,595 8,216,188 4,379,718 9,050 7,654 11,000 77,708 150 5.433 789,425 114,313 4,050 500 34,000 116,974 1,109 3,856,840 309,789 3,000 60 Totals 1,781,623 10,214,135 270,073 12,221,108 16,124,523 15,420,331 Sawn, dressed, — United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales West Australia.. Tasmania Germany United States, — East Coast .. West Coast .. 3,810 20,331 76,709 7,440 11,625 100 6,300 12,031 54,772 3,650 2,950 10,931 5,532 46,288 10,000 2,613 44,936 130 34,281 100 300 100,422 Japan.. Totals 165,081 114,384 175,786