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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, 1947. Year Ended 31st March, 1948. Posts, Stays, and Strainers. Poles. Other Produce. Total Quantity of Produce. Posts, Stays, and Strainers. Poles. Other Produce. Total Quantity of Produce. Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Number. Number. Cu. ft. Cu. ft. Produce creosoted 56,439 138 14,808 67,609 25,930 2,346 10.891 52,630 Sales 43,208 3,632 4,413 74,895 12,329 1,281 6,591 25,818 Creosoted produce used 4,642 2,440 3,738 22,270 4,108 789 12,337 22,638 by State Forest Service Creosoted stocks at end 55,584 1,993 12,736 70,125 65,077 2,269 4,699 74,299 of year Untreated stocks at end 322 892 1,015 8,103 57,973 2,563 636 70,550 of year Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Creosote used 37,545 433 17,165 55,143 22,085 3,084 13,524 44,605

(From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1945, 1946, and 1947. Value represents value in country of export, plus 10 per cent., expressed in terms of New Zealand currency. All figures are subject to confirmation when final figures are published by the Customs Department.) Item. 1945. 1946. 1947. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. HardwoodsSleepers Australian hardwoods — Rough hewn Rough sawn Logs and poles .. Bd. ft. 3,253,000 J. 6,434,000 97,000 £ 69,000 173,000 3,000 Bd. ft. 6,836,000 y 7,123,000 J £ 141,200 185,100 Bd. ft. 6,376,000 f 1,301,000 4 1,790,000 L 5,176,000 £ 153,100 25,200 53,700 126,300 Total 9,784,000 245,000 13,959,000 326,300 14,643,000 358,300 Softwoods — Douglas fir Redwood Cedar 3,751,000 2,552,000 48,000 75,100 7,276,000 274,000 115,200 8,000 13,400,000 88,000 3,149,000 440,200 4,400 152,100 Total 6,303,000 123,100 7,550,000 123,200 16,637,000 596,700 Other 775,000 22,200 410,000 20,000 1,897,000 97,000 Grand total.. 16,862,000 390,300 21,919,000 469,500 33,177,000 1,052,000' Shingles Tanning - bark and extracts Wood-pulp Tons. 3,860 9,300 93,900 231,100 Tons. 1,800 10,700 65 56,900 302,900 Tons. 5,600 9,100 3,312 185,000 383,800