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APPENDIX III Creosoted Forest Produce

APPENDIX IV Imports of Sawn Timber and other Forest Produce

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I Year ended 31st March, 1942. Year ended 31st March, 1043. bs« <£r c=r •£»« sSr |_ ' Produce. rroauce. 1 » roduce . Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Produce ereosoted .. 107,906 4,300 30,040 156,559 115,718 4,48] 6,809 137,252 Sales •• •• 135,903 2,594 4,441 146,051 105,098 4,025 1,754 127,370 Creosoted produce used by 5,583 918 11,163 20,369 1,602 593 3,139 7730 Forest Service Creosoted stocks at end of 11,172 2,598 9,481 42,803 29,754 2,725 1,917 38 605 year Untreated stocks at end of 124,517 8,087 13,352 182,935 58,845 11,628 43,482 163,090 year Gals. Gals. Gals. Gals. Gals. Gals. Gals. Gals. Creosote used .. .. 125,330 15,759 16,112 157,207 93,593 22,870 7,021 123,484

(From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs, All figures refer to tho years onded 31st December 1940-42. Value represents value in country of export, plus 10 per cent, expressed in terms of New Zealand currency.) 1940. 1941. ' 1942. Item. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value, j Quantity. Value. Hardwoods— Ft. Bin. £ l?t. Bm. £ Ft. Bm. £ Australian hardwoods .. 9,113,000 143,000 9,815,000 160,800 6,637,000 136,200 0ak •• ■■ •• 2,217,000 63,000 788,000 21,300 Nil Nil Total •• •• 11,330,000 206,000 10,603,000 182,100 6,637,000 136,200 Softwoods— Douglas fir .. .. 1,867,000 23,800 2,122,000 24,200 1,151,000 18 700 Redwood .. .. 961,000 21,600 1,528,000 35,500 Nil Nil Total .. .. 2,828,000 45,400 3,650,000 59,700 1,151,000 18,700 0ther 313,000 17,600 246,000 13,300 659,000 40,800~ Grand total .. 14,471,000 269,000 14,499,000 255,100 8,447,000 195,700 Shingles .. .. .. 166 ., 91 Nil Nn . , , Tons. Tons. Tons. Tanning-bark .. .. 651 7,314 867 13,006 15 219 Wood-pulp .. .. *7,090 142,729 7,780 169,301 2,040 48,072