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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES,
[CH . XXXIII.
| Number of the specimen. |
1 Inch. | 2 Inches. | 3 Inches. | 4 Inches. |
| Crushed with | Crushed with | Crushed with | Crushed with | |
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |
| 13—16 | 2.375 | 8.000 | 21.875 | 34.00 |
| 17, 18 | 3.500 | 8.500 | — | — |
| 19, 20 | 3.250 | 8.250 | — | — |
| 21, 22 | 3.500 | 8.750 | — | — |
| 23, 24 | 3.750 | 8.375 | — | — |
| 25, 26 | 3.500 | 8.875 | — | — |
| Total | 19.575 | 50.750 | — | — |
| Average . | 3.312 | 8.460 | 21.875 | 34.000 |
| Do. per in. | 3.312 | 2.115 | 2.431 | 2.125 |
Nos. 27 to 30.—Four pieces, each 2 × 2 inches, and respectively 1, 2, 3, and 4 inches in length, crushed with 9.375, 8460, 8.250, and 9.50 Tons.
E = 588900.S = 1715.
Contracts are annually made for the supply of Canada Red Pine timber for the Royal Navy, according to the following specification and condition, namely:— The Red Pine timber to be of the first quality, fresh cut, good, sound, merchantable, apd well-conditioned, from 11 to 15 inches square, averaging 12½ inches, 20 feet and upwards in length, and the spine must be seen from the butt to the top on each of the four sides.
