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iv. forestry.
pends upon the extent of the saw-mill business. The export goes
principally to Great Britain, and a smaller portion to Denmark and other
countries. Formerly deal-ends were chiefly used as fuel, but of låte these
goods are being used for making packing-cases and the like.
The export of round timber of larger dimensions has long been
stationary, or even decreased somewhat. To this sort of timber belong Dutch
timber or Dutch balks; the latter designation is incorrect — it has
probably risen owing to the fact that, on shipping, two sides of this’timber is
slightly hewn at the butt end, partly for the purpose of calculating the
dimensions, and partly to make the balks lie more securely in place when
loaded. Dutch balks of ordinary size measure 24 feet in length and
10 inches in diameter at the top; they are usually of white wood,
seldom of red wood. The export goes to Holland, were the timber is
afterwards generally sawn; sometimes it is used as piles and for
building dams) nowadays, however, poorer timber, such as dead wood and the
like, is used for piles). The export of Dutch balks has decreased for two
reasons: in the first place, the demand for them in the Netherlands has
diminished since a large quantity of planed boards have begun to be
imported into that country, and further, the supply of the raw material has
decreased, as the forests have come into the hands of the great saw-mills
whose owners, for natural reasons, prefer another use for the timber.
For heavy beams (balks), old. over-ripe trees are preferably taken, and,
as the supply of these is decreasing, the amount exported has diminished
considerably; the competition in price with American pitch-pine has also
Table 38. Export of unwrought, lieivn, and sawn Wood-ivares to different,
countries 1912. Cubic meters.
Countries Deals, battens and boards Cincl.
box-boards), unplaned Planed boards Beams and rafters Round timber [-Pit-props-] {+Pit- props+} Other kinds Total cubic meters
Norway.......... 104 245 35 635 3 417 123 297 10 366 20 324 297 284
Denmark (with Iceland) . . 370 934 80 512 130 994 24 033 193 79 283 685 949
Great Britain . . . . . 963 047 313 434 17 379 14 194 425 217 428 971 2162242
Ireland.......... 22 431 36 997 _ 760 — 262 60 450
The Netherlands...... 211 024 32 135 8 779 19 066 — 31900 302 904
Belgium.......... 174 525 327 — — — 14 029 188 881
German Empire...... 726 324 5154 101 477 960 3 468 30 770 868153
France .......... 861 549 229 19 788 585 — 12 726 894877
Other European countries1 . 246 327 6 431 13 902 — 65 643 267 368
British South Africa .... 90 731 47 221 — — _ ’ 3 361 141313
Egypt ......... 65 476 12 563 66 757 243 — — 145039
Other countries in Africa1 . 104 888 13 339 68 88 883 333 119599
Asia........... 13 013 13 484 7 633 — - 10 34140
America.......... 48 243 5 887 — _ _ — 54130
Australia......... 21569 52 864 — — — 6 74 439
Total 4 024 326| 656 212 370194 183 226 MO 192 622618 6 296 768
1 The Canary Islands are included with Spain.
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