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<p>A <b>standard</b> or <b>standard hundred</b> was a measure of <a href="page.php?w=timber">timber</a> used in trade.</p>

<p>The measure varied in number, size and composition from country to country so the term is usually preceded by the region or port of origin.  The countries of the <a href="page.php?w=Baltic_region">Baltic region</a> were major producers and exporters of timber, and used their local measure for trade with other countries such as <a href="page.php?w=United_Kingdom">Britain</a>. The hundred in the term standard hundred was usually</p><p>
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