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APPENDIX III Creosoted Forest Produce

APPENDIX IV Imports of Sawn Timber and other Forest Produce

APPENDIX V Exports of Sawn Timber and other Forest Produce

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Year ended 31st March, 1943. Year ended 31st March, 1944. n+hpr Total j i ("wi,,,,. lotal Posts and . p , nrpomtwl Quantity of Posts and „ , Oreosoted Quantity of Strainers. Poles ' SJJ 1 Oreosoted | Strainers. Foles ' f Oreosoted produce. produce, j ] Produce. Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Produce oreosoted .. 115,718 4,481 6,809 137,252 72,688 4,322 2,006 102,938 Sales .. .. .. 105,698 4,025 1,754 127,376 57,833 2,177 338 70,256 Creosoted produce used by 1,602 593 3,139 7,730 1,668 298 1,714 4,504 State Forest Service Creosoted stocks at end of 29,754 2,725 1,917 38,605 39,844 5,034 561 80,299 year Untreated stocks at end of 58,845 11,628 43,482 163,690 126,227 16,246 8,771 217,147 year Creosote used .. .. 93,593 22,870 7,021 123,484 56,078 24,603 2,025 82,706

(From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December. 194l_43. Value represents value in country of export, plus 10 per cent, expressed in terms of New Zealand currency. The figures for 1942 and 1943 are tentative.) 1941. 1942. 1943. Item. i —.— Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. , I I _ Hardwoods— Bd. ft. £ Bd. ft. £ Bd. ft. £ Sleepers .. .. 6,007,000 99,000 5,923,000 107,000 3,4-70,000 58,000 Australian hardwoods .. 8,947,000 161,000 6,637,000 136,200 6,304,000 150,000 Oak .. .. .. 788,000 21,300 Nil Nil; Nil Nil Total .. .. 15,742,000 281,300 12,560,000 243,200 9,774,000 208, (XX) Softwoods — Douglas fir .. .. 2,122,000 24,200 1,151,000 18,700 3,539,000 52,200 Redwood .. .. 1,528,000 35,500 Nil Nil 1,364,000 41,300 Total .. .. 3,650,000 59,700 1,151,000 18,700 4,903,000 93,500 Other .. .. .. 246,000 13,300 659,000 40,800 37,000 2,700 Grand total .. 19,638,000 354,300 13,370,000 302,700 14,714,000 304,200 Shingles .. .. .. 91 .. Nil ... 20 Tons. Tons. Tons. Tanning-bark .. .. 972 15,246 15 219 224 1,952 Wood-pulp .. _.. 7,930 173,342 2,707 I 61,281

(From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1941-43. Figures for 1942 and 1943 are tentative.) 1941. 1942. 1943. Item. * rQuantity. Value. Quantity. , Value. Quantity. Value. !_ _J. j_ _i Ft. Bin. £ Ft. Bm. £ Ft. Bm. £ White-pine .. .. 835,000! 8,200 334,000 3,768 136,900 1,670 Rimu .. .. .. 13,960,000 143,800 5,484,000 61,579 2,261,000 25,499 Beech .. .. 1,273,000 1.8,700 142,000 2,341 719,000 11,650 Matai .. .. .. 213,000 2,400 31,000 370 77,700 938 Kauri .. .. .. 55,000 2,500 50,000 2,295 17,700 I 817 Insignia pine .. .. 2,680,000 43,900 1,469,000 24,326 1,159,000 19,675 Other New Zealand .. 12,000 500 2,000 132 19,900 683 Foreign.. .. .. 38,000 600 36,000 1,221 148,200 11,665 Total .. .. 19,066,000 220,600 7,548,000 96,032 4,539,400 72,597 j Tons. Tons, Tons. Kauri-gum .. .. 1,421 88,643 1,061 74,737 590 44,528 Fungus... ___ 2 1_ 2,911 _.. .. ._^