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APPENDIX IV. Exports and Imports op Sawn Timber and other Forest Products. Exports.

Imports. (From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1924-26.)

(From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1924-26.) 1924. 1925. 1926. It e m — j 1 : 1 —- Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. I J I _J I I Ft. b.m. | £ Ft.|b.m. ! £ Ft. b.m. £ Totals .. .. .. 43,323,049 j 477,944 51,549,439 605,187 41,953,879 490,247 Kauri .. .. .. ! 1,946,489 38,620 3,238,693 63,624 1,987,046 46,320 Rimu .. .. .. 5,451,106 45,953 3,709,934 32,757 4,008,370 35,839 White-pine .. .. 33,375,876 360,196 39,748,206 446,298 31,767,504 356,856 Beech .. .. .. 1,328,683 17,522 2,221,293 28,474 2,392,734 33,098 Others (New Zealand) .. 826,572 9,822 1,318,060 16,698 309,557 3,514 Others (foreign) .. .. j 394,323 : 5,831 1,313,253 17,336 1,488,668 14,620 Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ Tanning-bark .. .. 25 250 59 978 99 1,129 Kauri-gum .. .. 5,261 443,576 5,370 414,901 4,877 332,765 Fungus .. .. ... 85 9,165 93 10,547 87 11,246

1924. 1925. 1926. Item. j i t ; 1 Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Ft. b.m. £ Ft. b.m. £ Ft. b.m. £ Tronbark, &c. .. .. 24,416,247 397,900 16,207,338 278,897 \ „ „. Q nn „ Jarrah, &c. ... .. 11,081,776 170,176 17,757,960 282,101/ Douglas fir .. .. 13,835,742 122,332 17,115,606 125,710 16,821,122 119,717 ,, , / J,300,000 \ o 9a ooa / 6,525,681 81,476 9,021,300 107,222 Ledar " '• \ 15,951,286/ ' 1Z8 ' S8U \ 24,317,199 410,788 18,521,471 250,475 Totals .. .. 66,585,051 1,019,288 81,923,784 1,178,982 66,503,872 826,422 Number. 1 Number. Number. Laths, rails, palings, &c. .. 10,573,693 24,967 9,937,671 15,962 14,279,895 26,689 Tons. | Tons. Tons. Tanning-bark .. .. 2,469 ! 29,347 ! 2,310 28,229 2,250 23,240 Wood-pulp .. .. 2,700 | 36,393 i 2,035 27,754 2,710 35,883 Value equals domestic value in country of origin plus 10 per cent,