TABLE 5. Reported Production of Rough-sawn Timber.

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TABLE 6. Exports of Sawn Timber(1) and other Forest Produce.

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(Prom information supplied by the Government Statistician. All figures refer to the years ended 31st March, 1929-31.) 1929. 1930. 1931. Species. F.o.r. Mill Percentage F.o.r. Mill Percentage F.o.r. Mill Percentage Quantity. Tota Mill Value. Value, of Total Quantity. Total Mill Value. Value, of Total Quantity. Total Mill Value. Value, of Total 100 ft. b.m. Quantity. 100 ft. b.m. Quantity. 100 ft. b.m. Quantity. Ft. b.m. £ s. d. Ft. b.m. £ s. d. Ft. b.m. £ s. d. Rimu .. .. 156,240,000 1,264,600 16 2 57-9 163,293,000 1,384,540 16 11 57-8 124,999.000 996,060 15 11 54-5 White-pine .. .. 56,790,000 466,180 16 5 21-0 58,506,000 485,880 16 7 20-7 1 49,000.000 380,210 15 6 21-3 Matai .. .. 15,753,000 156,220 19 10 5-8 17.972,000 182,460 20 4 6-4 13,917,000 124,950 17 11 6-1 Kauri .. .. 10,743.000 213,250 39 8 4-0 10.471,000 190,930 36 6 3-7 8,943,000 160,630 35 11 3-9 Totara .. .. 8,611,000 119,510 27 9 3-2 9.046,000 115,250 25 6 3-2 9,468,000 113,680 24 0 4-1 Beech .. .. 9,846,000 78,360 15 11 3-6 10,225,000 76,620 15 0 3-6 7,681,000 63,220 16 6 3-3 Insignis pine.. .. 9,168,000 69,820 15 3 3-4 10,382,000 79,700 15 4 3-7 12,740,000 95,470 15 0 5-6 Mir® .. .. 563,000 4,850 17 3 0-2 959,000 6,970 14 6 0-4 1.078,000 8,260 15 4 0-5 Tawa .. .. 300.000 2,410 16 1 0-1 385,000 2.970 15 5 0-1 455,000 5,200 22 10 0-2 Rata .. .. 228,000 3,280 28 10 0-1 215,000 3,010 28 1 01 294,000 4,400 29 11 0-1 Other .. .. 1,972,000 20,870 21 2 0-7 951,000 5,560 11 8 0-3 893,000 13,420 30 0 0-4 Totals .. 270,214.000 2,399,350 17 9 100-0 282.405,000 2,533,890 17 11 100-0 229,468,000 1,965,500 17 2 100-0

(From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1929-31.) 1929. 1930. 1931. Item. Value. Value. ■ Value. Quantity. '■ Quantity. f Quantity. Total. Per 100 ft. b.m. Total. I Per 100 ft. b.m. Total. Per 100 ft. b.m. I L ! ! J Ft. b.m. £ s. d. Ft. b.m. £ s. d. Ft. b.m. £ s. d. White-pine( 2 ) .. .. .. .. 30,493,000 317,990 30 10 19,187,000 206,030 21 6 14,807.000 136,430 18 5 Rimu( 3 ) .. .. .. .. .. 3,122,000 27,140 17 4 3,501,000 30,690 17 7 929,000 6,860 14 9 Beeoh( 4 ) .. .. .. .. .. 3.016,000 39,700 26 4 1,974,000 26,070 26 5 740,000 9,510 25 8 Kauri( 5 ) .. .. .. .. .. 2,123,000 51,040 48 0 1,088,000 27,950 51 4 451,000 12,740 56 6 Other( 6 ) — New Zealand .. .. .. .. 349,000 3,470 19 11 926,000 9,850 21 3 607,000 7,070 23 4 Foreign.. .. .. .. 51,000 610 23 0 21,000 210 20 0 19,000 280 29 5 Totals .. .. .. .. 39,154,000 439,950 22 6 26,697,000 300,800 22 6 17,553,000( 7 ) 172,910 19 8 Per Ton. Per Ton. Per Ton. Tons. £ £ s. d. Tons. £ £ s. d. Tons. £ £ s. d. Kauri-gum .. .. .. .. 4,937 267,610 54 5 0 3,818 189,640 49 12 0 3,058 128,090 41 17 9 Tanning-bark .. .. .. .. 53 900 16 19 7 99 1,250 12 12 5 55 690 12 10 11 Fungus .. .. .. .. .. 76 9,200 121 1 0 90 11,400 126 13 7 92 9,990 108 11 9 l__ I . " ■ - !?■- V.- ■ 1 lv . fe. : ■■ - (*) 96 per cent, exported to Australia ; remainder to Pacific islands and United Kingdom, ( 6 ) Includes matai for flooring and linings for Australia, and insignis pine for fruit-cases for Pacific islands. ( 2 ) Exported for butter-boxes, 'helving, whitewood furniture, &c. ( 7 ) Decrease due to heavy imports by Australia of white-pine during the previous two years. Orders and ( 3 ) For floorings and linings. inquiries for the first three months of 1932 are considerably in excess of those for the corresponding ( 4 ) For motor-bodies, agricultural implements, and wood-turnery. period of 1931. ( 5 ) For flooring, linings, tanks, vats, &c.