Birch Timber, 20s. sterling Per Ton.
Lumber and Plank, 40s. per M.
Shingles, 12s. 6d. per M.
Lathwood, 20s. per Cord.
Spars, 5s. Each.
Small Poles, 2s. 6d. Each.
Oars and Oar Rafters, 5s. per pair.
Staves, 60s. per M.
Dry Fish, 12s. 6d. per quintal.
Pickled Fish, 20s. per barrel.
Smoked Herrings, 3s. per box.
Oil, 80s. per barrel.
Plaster Paris, 10s. per ton.

The whole value of the above Exports may be about L100,000.

From the foregoing statement it plainly appears that chief of the
export trade of this Province consists of timber, which is its natural
stock or capital; and as there are many articles taken in exchange from
the mother country, which are indispensably necessary to the
inhabitants of this Province; it points out the necessity of paying
strict attention to its preservation. In this Country there is no
article, or articles, that can in any degree furnish exports equal to
the pine, which is manufactured in the simplest manner, and got to
market with but little trouble. So simple is the process that most
settlers who have the use of the axe can manufacture it; the woods
furnishing a sort of simple manufactory for the inhabitants, from
which, after attending to their farms, in the summer, they can draw
returns during the winter for those supplies which are necessary for
the comfort of their families. This being the case, the preservation of
our forests becomes of prime importance to the prosperity of the
Province.

The evils that must arise to the Province, by allowing the timber to be
monopolized and hastily cut off are many. The timber standing in the
Country, particularly on the Crown Lands, may be considered as so much
capital or stock, to secure a permanent trade, and promote the solid
improvement of the Country. Most of the lands in this Province where
pine is found are intermixed with other timber, and although the
precise spots on which the pine grows, are unfit for agriculture,
without much labor; yet there are most always spots adjoining, where a
settler may cultivate with success: so that in a lot of two or three
hundred acres, there is generally enough for tillage, and a man
settling on such land could