The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

THE TIMBER TRADE OF LIVERPOOL

Messrs. A., F., and D. Mackay, of Liverpool, have
just published their annual circular, containing a history
of this trade, from the Ist of February, 1847, to the Ist
of February, 1848, from which we glean the following
facts. Generally, these gentlemen coincide in the repre-
sentation made in other circulars, that the trade this year
has been very unprofitable both to the shipper and the
importer ; and they hold out little prospect of an early
improvement. The import of British American timber
has been considerably less than that of the preceding
year. We give the quantities for the two years in juxta
position 1847. 1846.

Pine, feet 4,172,700 7,429,431
Red pine, ~
Quebec oak, ~
Quebec elm, „
Quebec ash, „
Hard
Har wood,
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Quebec &las. ' 'standard 2,180 3,462
Planks, N.B. &N.S., ft. 17,976,500 20,367,600
Boards & scantling, 546,300

Lathwood, fathor-Us 1,320 1,789
Staves, per M l2O 279
The import of railway sleepers has been double that of
last year, the importation being 431,370 pieces. against
240.587 pieces last year.
The consumption of most descriptions has decreased
considerably. That of pine has been less than last year by
1,531,640 feet, and less than the average of the past five
years by 680,100 feet. There has been an increase in the
consumption of red pine, the quantity taken being 456,000
feet, against 192,000 feet last year. The consumption of
Quebec oak has been 323,700 feet, against 378,400. The
consumption of Quebec elm, 178,600 feet, against 155;100
feet. Quebec ash hag been 38,300, against 24,000 feet.
The consumption of hardwood has been 311,500 feet,
against 360,400 ft. last year. On hand of all kinds 3,35%000
ft. against 4,705,000 ft. last year; red pine equal to 7 5-12'
months' consumption; Quebec oak, 231,000 feet, against
192,000 ; Quebec elm, 84,000 feet against 103,000 ; Que-
bec ash, equal to 3 5-12 months' consumption ; hardwood:
equal to 3 4-12 months' consumption ; Quebec deals equal
to 6_5-12 months' consumption.

The following were the prices at the commencement and
the close of the year :

February, 1847.--Quebec Yellow Pine, 151 d. ; Red
Ditto, 23d. ; Oak, 2s. 6d. ; Elm, 21d. ; Yellow Pine Masts,
3s. 11d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, £8 per standard ;
St. John Yellow Pine, 191 inches average, 171 d. ; Birch,
15d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, at 2d. per foot of 2
inches. Lathwood, £2 per fathom; Deals, separate, ad.
to 21d. per foot of 2 inches ; Spruce Boards, 21d. to ad.
per foot of 2 inches ; Hackmatac Sleepers, 9, 10, 5, and
9,9, 41, at 3s. 6d. each ; and blocks at 7s. each. _

Jinzz-tizry, 1848.—Quebec Yellow Pine, 14d. to 141 d. ;
Red Pine, 19d. ; Oak, 2s. 2d.; Elm, 17d. to 19d. ; Ash,
13d. to 15d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, £8 to £8 10s.
per standard; Deals, separate, at £9 ss. per standard ;
St. John Yellow Pine, 181 inches average, at 151 d.; 18
inches, at 154-d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, at 2d. per
foot of 2 inches.

The imports from the North of Europe this year exceed
those of last. The following are the' quantities for the
two years :

Fir Timber
Deals and Battens
Deck Planks ..
Wainscot Logs
Lathwood

1847.
1,091,000 feet
1,758 „
2,177 ~
350 pieces
689 fathoms

1846.
819,500 feet.
2,700 „
953 „
1,141 pieces.
. 612 fathoms
19 M.

Staves 9 M
Sleepers........ 11,620
The consumption, however, has not kept pace with the
import, that of the fir timber having been 1,024,000 feet
against 1,157,000 feet. That of other descriptions has
also been on a reduced scale, with the exception of deck
planks, of which, although the import of this year was
double that of last year, the consumption exceeded the
import. The stocks on hand on the lst> February of the
two years are as follows :

1848
Fir timber, feet 412,000
Deals and battens, standard 1,259
Deck planks, pieces
Wainscot logs „
Lathwood, fathoms
Staves, per ng
Sleepers

1847
345,000

1,583
1,337
770
502

The latest sales made were of Riga 21d. ; common
Dantzig 19d. to 191 d., from the quay. In staves the
transactions are retail at £llO to £l2O per Ai. In other
sorts there are no recent sales to report. For the current
prices of the various descriptions we must refer the reader
to the trade circular.

The import of timber, the produce of other countries,
has also fallen offin the past year. We give the quan-
tities of the two years :

1847:
MAHOGANY, St- Domingo. ... feet 879,000
Cuba, 257,000
1,393,000
234,000
6,600

Honduras
Havannah Cedar
Pencil Cedar

Rosewood, Rio and Bahia
Pitch Pine

planks 3,352
..feet 110,000

1846.
1,085,563
822,192
2,605,289
299,610
62,673

Teak Wood

74,000

4,779
432,435

Lancewood Spars
Greenheart

pieces 4,645
..feet 46,250

92,315

10,060
39,400

The consumption has very largely decreased, and the
stock in hand has increased correspondingly.
The trade between British North America employed,
last year, 314 ships, with a tonnage of 172,427 tons, against
400 ships, and 244959 tons in tho preceding year. The
trade between Liverpool and the North of Europe em-
ployed last year 84 vessels of 26,564 tons, against 137 ves-
sels of 33,762 tons in the preceding year.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—The answer to
inquiries at Lambeth Palace yesterday (Monday), we
regret to say, was that his Grace is seriously ill, but no
immediate danger is anticipated.

The Standard of last night gives a. letter from Lord

Palmerston's secretary to the chairman of the Shipowners'
Association, who enquired whether a paragraph in the
New Yark Herald, stating that his lordship had promised
the annihilation of the navigation laws, was true. His
lordship, in• reply, does not deny it, but merely refers
the chairman to " the paragraph in the Queen's speech
on the subject of those laws."