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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-06-000160.txt : 20060104
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-06-000160.hdr.sgml : 20060104
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060104155224
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-06-000160
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060104

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RAYONIER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000052827
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				132607329
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 NORTH LAURA ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1900
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9043579100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 NORTH LAURA ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1900
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ITT RAYONIER INC /CT/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940422

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ITT RAYONIER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOYNTON PAUL G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001273985

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06780
		FILM NUMBER:		06507519

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O RAYONIER
		STREET 2:		50 N. LAURA ST 19TH FL
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9043579100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RAYONIER INC.
		STREET 2:		50 N. LAURA ST. 19TH FL
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32202
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>boy3.xml
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000052827</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>RAYONIER INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RYN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001273985</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BOYNTON PAUL G</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>50 N. LAURA STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1900</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>JACKSONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>32202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SR VP, Performance Fibers</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-01-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2186</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>39.85</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>35845.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4053.22</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>In Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares are being withheld from Mr. Boynton's 2003 restricted stock award which vested 1/2/2006.  The award was previously reported as 3,000 shares on Form 4 filed 1/3/2003, but has been adjusted to reflect the stock split on 6/12/2003, the special dividend paid 12/19/2003 and the stock split on 10/17/2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Adjusted to reflect a 3-fo-2 stock split effective 10/17/2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares are held in the Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan for this person's account.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Joshua H. DeRienzis, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>boynton.txt
<TEXT>
                                           POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Carl E. Kraus, Hans E. Vanden Noort, Michael R. Herman and
Joshua H. DeRienzis, or either of them signing singly, and with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1)      prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
                  undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
                  Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
                  amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
                  appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
                  undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
                  reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
                  Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

         (2)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                  undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
                  Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
                  accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
                  of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

         (3)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                  undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
                  and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute
                  any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
                  form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
                  authority; and

         (4)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
                  with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
                  attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
                  of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
                  understood that the documents executed by such
                  attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
                  this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
                  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
                  may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.


         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 31st day of October, 2005.





                                       Paul G. Boynton


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