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box woods of Ceylon in the Trop. Agric. 18: 307-310, in which lie 

 listed the woods used for that purpose in Ceylon. In Borneo, the cutch 

 companies have found that common grades of seriak are well suited 

 for the manufacture of the packing cases in which they ship their product. 

 In the Philippines, the wood of cupang (ParHa roxburghii) has been 

 found to be very satisfactory for packing cases. 



BARBELS AM) COOPERAGE STOCK. 



For loose barrels, much the same materials as for boxes may be used, 

 if strong enough. Tight cooperage stock, however, is a much more dif- 

 ficult proposition. There are plenty of woods in this region which are 

 strong enough and which will make tight enough barrels, but they are 

 usually highly colored and will give up their color readily. Thus far, 

 I know of no tropical wood which is the equal of white oak for this 

 purpose. This is a subject which needs to be worked up, as either the 

 barrels or the material to make them now have to be imported from 

 Europe or America. 



MATCH WOODS. 



Where the soft coniferous woods of the temperate regions are not 

 available, it is somewhat difficult to get really good match woods. A 

 few of the tropical woods arc satisfactory. The following are used at 

 Manila: Malapapaya (Polyscias nodosa.) which is much the most satis- 

 factory both for the boxes and the sticks; teluto (Pterocymbium tinc- 

 torium; pincapincahan (Oroxylum indicum) ; and cupang (Parhia rox- 

 burghii). Besides these, the wood of Ganophyllum falcatum, found in 

 the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, and Java, is said to be very 

 good. 



PAPER PULP. 



Thus far the making of paper pulp has not become an important 

 industry in this region; but, with the increasing scarcity of wood for 

 pulping purposes in other regions, it is bound to become important. 

 Thus far, we know that various ones of the soft dipterocarps, as well 

 as several other woods, are well suited for this kind of work. There 

 are probably a number of woods which occur in some quantity in the 

 region which are worth investigating for this purpose. 



DYK WOODS. 



A number of the highly colored woods are useful as dyewoods. 

 Examples of these are sibucao (Gaesalpinia sappan), which furnishes a 

 red or yellow dye; red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) and other 

 species of Pterocarpus, which furnish red dyes; Adenanthera pavonina, a 

 yellow or brownish dye; ipil (Inisia bijuga), a brown dye; some species 

 of Tcrminalia, yellow dye; tangal {Ceriops spp.), yellowish-red dye. 



The dyewoods -are not of very great commercial importance, but they 

 are used locally to a considerable extent. 



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