EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that the person whose  signature  appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of  substitution  and  resubstitution,  to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002,  together with any amendments  thereto,
and to file same,  with all exhibits  thereto and other  documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/21/03                                    /s/ Rand V. Araskog
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                                                   Rand V. Araskog



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/17/03                                    /s/ Ronald M. Gross
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                                                   Ronald M. Gross



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/17/03                                  /s/ Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
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                                                 Paul G. Kirk, Jr.



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/20/03                                /s/ Katherine D. Ortega
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                                               Katherine D. Ortega



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/17/03                                 /s/ Burnell R. Roberts
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                                                Burnell R. Roberts



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/17/03                                     /s/ Carl S. Sloane
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                                                    Carl S. Sloane



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/20/03                                    /s/ Ronald Townsend
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                                                   Ronald Townsend



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Hans E. Vanden Noort, Jill Witter and W. Edwin Frazier,
III his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign in the name of such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities
with Rayonier Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, together with any amendments thereto,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated:  2/16/03                                    /s/ Gordon I. Ulmer
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                                                   Gordon I. Ulmer