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species, and gradually the number of them increase 

 until the stand becomes the mixed rain forest type. 

 The new forest thus established will have a few 



Mattered ilimo through it, but this specie? cannot again 

 regenerate itself on the same ground, as a pure stand, 



until the forest is destroyed. In nature this occurs U p i n to 



Yeimavri Forests. 



These forests are situated on the right bank of the 

 Yeimauri. The ground is generally high, and is 

 only inundated by high floods where flats occur. The 

 hills come down close to the hunks, and these are cut 



li;*o in which alluvial land has been de- 



only when the river 



through 



some devastating flood 



gumes m 



posited. Some areas of sago swamp are to be found 



or some large block, alters its course so as to carry here and there, but taken on the whole the topography 



away the forest and the soil; then it may happen that i s decidedly hilly. The geological formation is basalt, 



in years to come the river again begins to find its way am i the soil on" the flats and in the hollows appears 



back to its old course, and lays down alluvium on the to j )( , r i c h j n a \\ t \ U} necessary plant foods. There 



old site till a hank is formed, which is 

 drained to allow ilimo to spring up. 



sufficiently 



is a plantation at Yeimauri of -coco-nuts in full bearing. 

 The lie of the hills here is about N.W.. and the 



This type of forest may, I think, be termed edaptic. gullies run S.W. to' the 



river, which makes 



Chary 



as I am of using so overworked a word, this 



many 

 twists and bends through the flatter country. Two sets 



seems a case where it may be said to apply rather well, of traverses were cut; one parallel with the lie of the 

 The question of plantations is dealt with under hills, intersecting every creek and gully, and the other 



separate section and on page 51 I discuss the planting 

 of ilimo. It is a social species, and grows very quickly, 



parallel with the gullies and ridges. In this way 

 it was thought that a fair average of the timber on all 



and yields a very good soft wood. It should be planted parts would he obtained. It is not easy to estimate 

 wherever conditions are favourable to it. It has the the total area of this type of forest, but assuming that 



further advantage that it has already been successfully 



planted by natives 



several 



of 



generations, 

 the river — first 



m the 

 Instead of 



Delta division for 



the 



building one 



slow 

 river — nrst a destroying 



we find human agency at work. 



and 



agency 

 then 



it does not go further than the crest of the hills, and 

 neglecting the small areas of plantations, the total 

 area would be about 1,500 acres. The total area em- 

 braced within the strips was 108 acres, or 7.1 per cent. 



all the data worked 



It -S Table I. hereunder gives 

 in the cleared patches of the river forest, after he has from the field books. It will be seen that 69 different 



established his gardens, that the Delta "boy 



?? 



plants 



ilimo, that his son may find canoe logs when his turn 



J o 



species of trees were met a\ 

 them were only seen once 



ith, and while 



many of 

 some were more heavily 



comes to clear land for gardens on the banks of the represented. Eone was, however, so markedly in the 



huge waterways of his country. 



majority as to give the forest a distinctive character. 



The description I have given of an ilimo forest of Xo tree could be said to dominate the association 



the Vaiiapa applies, within the limits of its inadequacy, enough to enable the forest to be called by its name, 



to all such edaphic ilimo patches in the Territory, and as one talks of an iron bark or a jarrah forest. The 



they occur to a greater or less extent on the banks of largest number was No. 1 — Damoni — with 42 species, 



all the great rivers. Those on the Vanapa are the best but Xo. 2 — Kaeda — was only one behind it, and it 



I have seen, but there is no reason for supposing that makes a large tree in this locality, a somewhat unusual 



there are not as fine or finer stands on the many rivers thing; in fact, on the Veimauri are the best I have 



seen. The total number of millable-sized trees over 



I was unable to visit. 



Herbarium 

 Number. 



No. 1,— VEIMAURI FOREST SURVEY. 



Details of results of the measurements of timber on 108 acres of strips, 7 per cent, of whole 



Local Name 



1 



Damoni 



2 



Kaeda 



3 



Med obi 



4 



Xara 



5 



Okamu 



6 



Monoid 



7 



( )koia 



9 : 



Eti 



10 



Melila 



11 



Manoi 



12 



Hodava 



13 



Sihu 



17 



Marabo 



18 



Kava 



19 



Sabi 



20 



Uri 



21 



Kerea 



22 



A rim ore 



24 



Kobura 



25 



Hiumida 



26 



Mokeke 



27 



Uri 



28 



Variva 



29 



Devoru 



31 



Toto 



32 



Kia 



33 



Bara 



34 



Ilimo 



36 



Kuwe 



3a 



I Okaka 



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Scientific Name 



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Dracontomcl u m m a ng iferu m 

 Pla n cho n ia t imoren ! is 

 lndt. 



Pterocinpus indicus 

 Pom eti a pinna ta 

 Artocarpus sp. 

 Indt. 



Cedrela too net, var. auttrili- 

 Afzelia bijnga 

 lndt. Aglaea elaeanoidea 

 Term in alia sp. 



Pterocjfmbium sp. 



Indt. Sterculaceae . . 



lndt. 



Sarcocejihalus cordatus 



Garuga sp. 



Endosperm >nn for mien rum 



Horsfieldia e ilvestris 

 Ptf/ygota forbesii Fv. M. 



I ndt. 



Albizzia sp. 

 Garuga sp. 

 Hibiscus sp. 



A Istonia scholar is 

 Thfxpe&ia populnea 



lndt. 



Diospyros sp. 



Octottieles sumatrana 



Indt. 



Term i n a I ia cci ttapo ides 



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Number 

 of Trees. 



42 

 41 



13 



3 



14 



1 

 25 



1 

 34 



3 



14 

 29 



1 



I 

 11 



29 



1 



6 



8 



2 

 22 



1 

 14 



1 



12 



13 



2 

 1 

 4 



Cubic Contents. 



Total 





Cubic ft 



2,957 



2,545 



1,704 



13(5 



1,168 



90 



1,774 



99 



1,829 



222 



636 



2,739 



59 



196 



1,023 



2, (ill 



79 

 285 

 417 

 365 



120 

 1,160 



86 

 2,297 



64 

 723 

 811 

 288 



30 

 484 



Per Acre. 



Cubic ft 



27 3 

 420 



15-9 



1-2 



10-8 

 0-8 



16-4 

 0*9 



16-9 

 20 

 5-9 



253 

 0-5 

 1-8 

 9-4 



240 

 0-7 

 26 

 3-8 

 3-3 



11 

 108 



0-3 



21-7 



0-6 



6-7 



7o 

 2-6 

 0-3 

 4-3 



Per Tree. 



Cubic ft 



70 

 110 

 131 



45 



83 



90 



71 

 99 

 54 

 74 

 45 



91 

 59 

 196 

 93 

 90 

 79 

 57 

 52 



61 



60 

 53 



164 

 64 



60 

 62 



144 

 30 



121 



Percentages of 



To 



Total 



Cu bi e 

 Contents, 



% 



8-39 

 12-91 

 4-83 

 0-38 

 3-31 



0-25 



4-99 

 0-27 



5-18 

 057 



1-80 

 7-77 

 017 

 0-55 

 2-90 

 7-41 

 • 22 

 0-81 

 1-18 

 1-03 

 0-34 



3 ' 32 

 0-24 



6-51 

 018 



206 



2-30 



0-82 

 0-08 

 1-37 



To 



Total 



Js umber 



Trees. 



o/ 

 /o 



9-6 

 9-3 

 2-8 

 0-7 

 31 

 0-2 



5-6 



0-2 



7-7 



0-7 



3-1 



6-6 



0-2 



0-2 



2-5 



6 - 6 



0-2 



11 



1-8 



1-3 

 0-4 



50 



0-2 



3-1 



0-2 



2-7 



2-8 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-9 



Acres 

 per Tree 



2-5 



2-5 



8-0 

 360 



7-7 

 108-0 



108-0 



30 



36-0 



7-7 



3-7 



108-0 



108-0 



8 



7 







6 



5 











9 







7 















9 



3 



108 



21 



13 



18 



54 



4 



108 



i 



108 



9 



8 



54 . 



108-0 

 27-0 



