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be natural from a neighbouring country, such as butter
and milk, cattle and fish to St. Petersburg, firewood
to the value of 3 million marks, hides to the value
of 3 million marks, wooden articles, and so on. But
here it must be admitted that the tariff advantage,
though by no means so considerable as in the case of
the imports from Russia to Finland, is important; it
favours even such articles as pulp, cellulose and paper,
of which 14 million out of 17½ million marks’ worth
goes to Russia, as well as other goods, such as
machinery, metal ware, yarn, thread, piece-goods, glass,
earthenware and china, of which we spoke when
discussing the export of these articles.
England holds first place among the countries
receiving exports from Finland; even more decidedly
than is shown by the Custom-house statistics, because
some exports to England pass over other countries
near Finland. According to these statistics, however,
the total export to England in 1899 was of the value
of 55 million marks, included in this amount being
12 million marks’ worth of butter, and a third of the
great export of wood. Comprised in this latter export
are battens to the value of 17½ million marks, and
planks and deals to the value of 7½ millions, besides
forms of wood exported to England in larger quantity
than to any other country, such as boards to the value
of 7 millions, pit-props to the value of 2⅓ millions,
bobbins and squares for bobbins to the value of one
million, paper to the value of 3¾ millions, and
pasteboard to the value of one million. Other exports
include oats to the value of one million marks, besides
tar and some other articles. On the other hand,
England imports into Finland machinery and other
ironware to the value of 5¼ million marks, steamers
among which the ships above 700 tons are of the
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