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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to   |
|                                        |                                                |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)         |
|O'Grady              John            P. |Rayonier                                        |                                        |
|                                        |  of Reporting Person  |  Year                  |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
|                                        |                                                |    Director             10% Owner      |
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|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/  | X Officer               Other          |
|                                        |  of Reporting Person  |  Year                  |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
|  1177 Summer Street                    |  (Voluntary)          |                        |                                        |
|                                        |                       |     January   1999     |                                        |
|                                        |                       |                        |     Senior Vice President              |
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|      (Street)                          |                       |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing     |
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|Stamford                CT    06905-5529|                       |                        | X  Form filed by One Reporting Person  |
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|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned     |
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|1.Title of Security            |2.Transac-  |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or     |5.Amount of      |6.  |7.Nature of Indirect|
|  (Instr. 3)                   |  tion Date |  Code   |  Disposed of (D)              |  Securities     |Own.|  Beneficial        |
|                               |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)|  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)            |  Beneficially   |Form|  Ownership         |
|                               |            |---------|-------------------------------|  Owned at End of|(D) |  (Instr. 4)        |
|                               |            |    |    |                |(A) |         |  Month          |or  |                    |
|                               |            |Code| V  |     Amount     |(D) |  Price  |  (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                            |         | | |             | |      |              | |                 |
|Common Shares                  | 01/13/1999 | M  |    |      3786      | A  |   $.0000|                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |(01)|    |                |    |     (01)|                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Shares                  | 01/13/1999 | F  |    |      1796      | D  | $46.0103|     15939.7136  | D  |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Shares                  |            |    |    |                |    |   $.0000|      3243       | I  |In Trust            |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |(02)|                    |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1474 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature | |Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of | |Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect | |(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial| | |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership | | |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)| | |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| | | | | | | |-----------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | | | | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Month |or | | | | | |---------|---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| | | | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |EMPLOYEE S| $45.5600|01/02| A | V | 12000| |01/03|01/04|Common Sha| 12000| | 12000| D | | |TOCK OPTIO| | 1999| | | | | 2000| 2009|res | | | | | | |N | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (03)| | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| |Performanc| |01/13| M | | | 3000| | |Common Sha| 3786| | 0| D | | |e Share| | 1999| | | | | | |res | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (01)| | | | | | | | | | (01)| | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| |Performanc| |01/02| A | V | 5000| | | |Common Sha| 5000| | 5000| D | | |e Share| | 1999| | | | | | |res | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (04)| | | | | | | | | | (04)| | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (01) Performance Shares are paid in Rayonier Inc. Common Shares in an amount ranging from 0 to 150% of the Performance Shares awarded based upon Rayonier Inc.'s total shareholder return performance during the period from January 2, 1996 to J anuary 1, 1999 as compared with the performance of a peer group of companies. Actual TSR performance translates into a n award payment in January 1999 of 126.2% of Performance Shares Awarded. (02) Shares held in trust are held in the Rayonier Investment & Savings Plan for this person's account. (03) Vests in one-third installments annually commencing January 3, 2000. (04) Performance Shares are paid in Rayonier Inc. Common Shares in an amount ranging from 0 to 150% of the Performance Shares awarded based upon Rayonier Inc.'s total shareholder return performance during the period from January 2, 1999 to D ecember 31, 2001. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/John B. Canning, Attorney-in-Fact 02/08/1999 Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ---------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (7-96) Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number O'Grady, John P. Rayonier JAN-1999 PAGE: 2 OF 2