obtained, while many of the logs which did not pass for compass had generally more or less curve, and a straight log was quite the exception.
The specification under which Italian Oak (Fig. 21, a and b) was received stood as follows, viz.:—
| Price per Load of 50 feet. | |||
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Pieces containing each 30 feet and upwards cube | |||
| Pieces„ containing„ each„ 20 feet and under 30 feet | |||
| Pieces„ containing„ each„ 14 feet and under 20 feet | |||
| Pieces under 14 feet contents, sided 9 to 11½ inches, inclusive, and not less than 10 feet long | |||
| Pieces under 14 feet contents, sided 7 to 8½ inches, inclusive, and not less than 8 feet long | |||
FIG. 21a.
FIG. 21b.
All the timber to be winter-felled. Pieces sided 7 to 8½ inches, inclusive, to have at least 8 inches curvature in 8 feet in some part of its length.
The straight timber, excepting that sided 9 to 11½ inches, inclusive, to be 20 feet and upwards in length .... and both compass and straight timber to measure in the middle between the wanes, or to have pane at that place, not less than the siding of the piece with one-eighth part added thereto, and the pane at the top end not to be less than three-fourths the siding of the piece.
All the timber to be fairly tapered from end to end, and not to have