IN ASSEMBLY, January 14, 1831. ANNUAL REPORT Of Nathan Roberts, an Inspector of Lumber for the city and county of New-York. To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New-York. Agreable to Revised Statutes, chapter 17th, title 2nd, article 6th and 12th, I, as an inspector of lumber, beg leave to present to your honorable body, the following return of Lumber inspected by me from the 5th of March, 1830, to 1st Jan. 1831. REMARKS. Could all sides of raft timber be exposed to view when inspected, I think it would command a higher price; and that confidence established between the buyer and the seller, necessary in a market likethis. The present method of inspecting timber in the water precludes all possibility of determining the quality of timber upon any correct principle. NATHAN ROBERTS, New-York, Jan. 10th, 1831, Inspector. |