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250 CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. All the goods supplied under this contract to be imported direct from the Baltic; to be of the best quality, fresh cut, good, sound, merchantable, and well conditioned.

The Riga Fir timber to be 11 inches square and upwards, averaging at least 12 inches, meeting in length at 24 feet, and none to be shorter than 18 feet; the longest timber to be of the greatest scantling, and the spine to be seen from the butt to the top on each of the four sides.

The Riga hand-masts to be of the dimensions specified, straight grown, and free from heart-shake and injurious knots. One-third of all the masts of 9 hands and under to be 4 feet longer than the prescribed length.