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APPENDIX III Creosoted Forest Produce

APPENDIX IV Imports of Sawn Timber and other Forest Produce

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— ■ Year ended 31st March, 1945. Year ended 31st March, 1946. Posts and Strainers, Poles. Other Produce. Total Quantity of Produce. Posts and Strainers. Poles. I Other 1 Produce. Total Quantity of Produce. | Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Produce creosoted 103,371 5,602 4,556 124,697 54,678 11,971 7,146 124,870 Sales 100,227 4,986 724 126,886 45,635 6,678 5,944 87,498 Creosoted produce used 7,114 2,168 2,138 18,299 3,523 1,004 1,979 9,307 by State Forest Service Creosoted stocks at end 36,269 3,860 3,090 65,773 41,435 7,497 7,819 92,304 of year Untreated stocks at end 82,001 13,129 46 162,720 58,687 1,124 2,425 57,176 of year Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Creosote used 90,080 30,023 5,755 125,858 41,137 63,449 9,634 114,229

(From information suppl ed by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1943-45. Value represents value in country of export, plus 10 per cent, expressed in terms of New Zealand currency. The figures for 1944 and 1945 are subject to confirmation when final figures are published by the Customs Department.) Item. 1943. 1944. 1945. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Hardwoods — Sleepers Australian hardwoods Bd. ft. 3,470,000 6,304,000 £ 58,000 150,000 Bd. ft. 3,781,000 6,368,000 £ 63,100 151,200 Bd.ft. 3,253,000 6,451,000 £ 69,500 176,400 Total 9,774,000 208,000 10,149,000 214,300 9,704,000 245,900 Softwoods — Douglas fir Redwood 3,539,000 1,364,000 52,200 41,300 3,784,000 1,205,000 59,700 35,200 3,750,000 2,552,000 51,500 75,100 Total ! 4,903,000 93,500 4,989,000 94,900 6,302,000 126,600 Other 37,000 2,700 40,000 3,000 778,000 22,900 Grand total 14,714,000 304,200 15,178,000 312,200 16,784,000 395,400 Shingles .. .. Tanning-bark Wood-pulp. Tons. 224 2,707 20 1,952 61,281 Tons. 56 11,439 59 768 246,672 Tons. 186 9,300 2,856 231,149