THE CALIFQR}.IIA LUMBERMERCTLANT

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The Government announces it will make new stock pile purchases of 171,000,@0 feet of Southern Pine, all No. 2, for future army camps and defense construction. Bids will be received at Dallas, Texas, November 4, f.or 66,000,000 feet from Texas, Arkansas and West Louisiana mills. The balance will be awarded at Augusta, Ga., for mills east of the Mississippi River.

Lumber production during the week ended October 18, 1941, was 4 per cent less than the previous week; shipments were one per cent less; new business 7 per cent 1ess, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills.

During the week ended October 18, 456 mills produced 267p80,0M feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped 271,m4,0ffi feet, and booked orders ol 237,589,000 feet.

Lumber orders reported for the week by 381 softwood mills totaled 228,4c5,W0 feet, shipments were 259,L95,0W feet, and production was 257,468,000 feet. 89 hardwood mills for the week gave new business ab 9,184,0@ feet, shipments 12,7W,W feet, and production 9,672,@0 feet.

The Western Pine Association {or the week ended October 18, 94 mills reporting, gave orders as 74,12[0@ feet, shipments 88,680,000 feet, and production 89,613,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 337.359.000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended Octo18, 118 mills reporting, gave orders as 28,628,000 feet, shipments 33,OD,OOO feet, and production D,43lffJft. feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 118,081,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the month of September, 1941, reported production of 11 operations as 43,703,nO feet, shipme.nts 39,068,@O feet, and orders received 28,089,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 44,532,00O f.eet.

Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended October 25 totaled 11,139,000 feet as compared to 17,593,000 feet the previous week.

Lumber deliveries to California ports for September totaled 65,627,5@ feet, according to reports by 13 companies to the Pacific Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco. This compared with 82,3O4,n0 feet shipped by water in September, 1940.

Deliveries to the various ports were as follows :