Duties on Timber. Kappale teoksesta: A Description And History of Vegetable Substances, used in The Arts, and in Domestic Economy. (1830)

Kappale teoksesta:

The Library of Entertaining Knowledge.
A Description And History of Vegetable Substances, used in The Arts, and in Domestic Economy.
Timber Trees: Fruits.

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Second edition.

London: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Vegetable Substances, Part I. Timber Trees. Duties on Timber.
s. 211-212

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The following Table of the Duties paid upon fo­reign timber, in 1827, will point out the vast extent of the commerce of the United Kingdom in this article.

PINE-Timber £
Balks and Ufers 1,096
Battens and Batten-ends 111,013
Clap and Pipe Boards 834
Paling 382
Deals 634,737
Deal ends 32,820
Fire-wood 2,913
Fir-quarters 3,520
Lath-wood 35,821
Masts and Spars 21,464
Fir-Logs, 8 inches square and upwards 575,452
1,420,052

OAK, ELM, ASH, TEAK. £
Handspikes 660
Knees for Ships (Oak) 1,262
Oak Plank 22,752
Oars (Ash) 1,222
Staves (Oak) 50,139
Oak Logs 30,102
Wainscot Logs 13,270
Teak 8,690
Unenumerated Timber 7,880
£ 135,977

DYED AND HARD-WOODS.
Mahogany, Rose-wood, &c. £88,590
In 1827, the number of loads of timber exported from British America was 343,203 ; and from the Baltic, 173,382. Total loads imported, 516,585.

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This quantity would load about 2000 ships, of the ordinary tonnage employed in the timber trade.

Total Amounts or Duties. £
Pine-timber 1,420,052
Oak, &c. 135,977
Dye and Hartwoods 88,590
£ 1,644,619