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Herbarium 



Number. 



37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 42 



43 

 44 



45 



46 



47 

 48 

 49 

 50 

 51 

 52 



53 

 54 

 66 



50 

 57 



58 



61 

 62 



64 



66 



67 



<i8 

 69 



70 

 71 



72 



73 



75 



77 

 78 



79 



80 



I .oral Name 



« • 



i • 



Kibore 

 Hode 

 Pede 

 Huroro 



I ham 



Mohu 



Kwara 



Horoko 



Barikaba 



Haki 



Waiamahasi 



Fishua 



Dekona 



Uva 

 Habere 



• * 



• ■ 



• - 



• • 



Minhihi 



Hoiata 



Veriveri 



i • 



• • 



Asiru 

 Biobio 



■ - 



* • 



• • 



Manato 



Vata-ata 



Hawaraiiavea 



Bakua 

 Bado 



• t 



■ ■ 



Apnlava 



Motulu 



Kebo 



Aloso 



Kabo 



• • 



« t 



• • 



• • 



• * 



Tokobio 

 Tua 



No. 1. — Veimauri Forest Survey — continued. 



Scientific Name 



• • 



• * 



• ■ 



* * 



• • 



• • 



t » 



* • 



* • 



t * 



♦ • 



« * 



• • 



i • 



■ * 



• » 



• • 



Indt. 

 Indt. 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Many if era minor 

 Ficus sp. . . 



Myristica sp. 

 Indt. 



Indt. 

 Indt. 



Celtis p/t Hip pi lien sis 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Aglaia d&agnoicU a 



I ))((<() ntomelum .sp. . . 



Indt. 



Sit rctdaceae 



Indt. 



Buccaurea sp. 



Indt. 



Cinnainomii m niasxoiu 



Oarcinid axsuga 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Dysoxylon sp. 



Stt rrnlia a (Jin S, 



Eugenia sp. 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Urticaceae 



Indt. 



Indt. 



Cryptocnrya sp. 



Gnetum gnemon affin 

 Total 



■ • 



■ • 



• • 



• * 



» » 



• • 



• » 



% • 



% • 



• « 



• * 



« • 



• • 



• • 



• • 



« • 



• • 



erfrlfrltiu 



• • 



* # 



• « 



* ft 



• • 



• • 



• • 



■ # 



• * 



• * 



• * 



• * 



ft 9 



N amber 



Cubic Contents. 



Per e tut j 



iges of — 















Acres 



of Trees. 









To 



To 



per Tree. 





Total. 



Per Acre. 



Per Tree. 



Total 

 Cubic 



Total 



Number 











Cubic ft. 



Contents. 



Trees. 







Cubic ft. 



CnMcft. 



0/ 



/o 



/ 



o 



— - ■ - ■ 



i 



59 



0-5 



59 



017 



0-2 



1080 



2 



223 



2-0 



111 



0-57 04 



64 • 



1 



04 



o-o 



04 



0-18 



2 



108-0 



1 



51 



0-4 



51 



0-14 



02 



1080 



8 



5( H) 



4ti 



62 



r 42 



1-8 



14 



3 



221 



20 



74 



0-37 



0-7 



30-0 



4 



142 



1-3 



36 



40 



9 



27 



3 



2«6 



24 



89 



0-75 



0-7 



860 



1 



97 



0-9 



97 



27 



0-2 



108*0 



1 



100 



0!) 



1 ( H) 



0*28 



2 



108-0 



2 



2:w 



2-1 



IIS 



06 



04 



510 



1 



115 



1-0 



115 



• 35 



02 



1080 



1 



36 



0-3 



36 



o i)9 



2 



108-0 



1 



59 



• 5 



39 



0-17 



2 



L08-0 



3 



264 



2-4 



ss 



0-75 



07 



30 



2 



168 



1 ') 



84 



0-48 



04 



64-0 



1 



59 



(>•-> 



50 



017 



2 



10S 



1 



09 



0-7 



69 



019 



0-2 



108O 



I 



51 



0-4 



51 



0-14 



02 



L08-0 



2 



66 



0-6 



33 



o-is 



04 



54-0 



1 



ISO 



1<> 



ISO 



051 



02 



U>S-0 



1 



25 



2 



25 



0*06 



2 



108-0 



I 



97 



Oil 



97 



027 



02 



108-0 



8 



509 



47 



63 



1-44 



IS 



1 1-0 



4 



362 



3-3 



90 



103 



9 



27 O 



7 



361 



3 • 3 



51 



1 03 



1-5 



150 



3 



177 



1-6 



59 



50 



0-7 



30-0 



2 



80 



0-8 



40 



24 



4 



64-0 



I 



77 



0-7 



77 



022 



0-2 



106-0 



1 



49 



4 



51 



014 



0-2 



108-0 



1 



36 



0-3 



30 



0-O9 



2 



los-0 



2 



147 



J -4 



74 



041 



0-4 



54 



1 



64 



0-6 



04 



01S 



02 



10S-0 



1 



09 



0-7 



09 



019 



0-2 



1 08 • 



2 



80 



0-8 



40 



0-24 



04 



54 ■ 



2 



152 



1-4 



70 



43 



0-4 



54 



3 



179 



1*6 



59 



0-51 



7 



36 



1 



69 



35,209 



0-5 



59 



017 



2 



108-0 



437 



325 



80 



100- 



100- 



• • 



the 108 acres was only 437, which makes a little over and they form the larger portion of the forests in this 

 four trees to the acre. ^ Turning to the three columns locality, is compared with that on the alluvial ground, 

 of cubic contents it will be seen that the total is 

 35,209, which gives us an average of 325 cubic feet 

 to the acre and 80 cubic feet per tree. Excluding 

 species represented by too small a number of trees to 

 make the figure a fair one, the cubic content of all 

 the trees is low. This was to be expected for the 



— Xo. 



D 



evoru 



height growth of the forest was low. 



2& — shows an average of 1G4 cubic feet, but this is 



not high; for this species in better localities, grows 



bigger. 



The next two columns show the comparison 



between the species, and the whole stand on the 180 



It will be seen that only six species out of 



acres. 



the 69 carry 5 per cent, or over of the total volume, 

 while in number no species has more than O.fi <>f the 

 total stocking. The mixture in tin* Veimauri Forest 

 is greater than in any I have surveyed. I aseribe 



it to the influence of the dry belt; penetrate a very 



short distance east and west, and savannah forest covers 

 the land. It has a marked dry season, and a number 



of 



have 



es 



tab- 



dry land and gully species 

 lished themselves in the rain forests. Mokeke (Albizzia) 

 is a good ease: Yari (BombaX malaharirum) occurs 

 in this fcrest, but did not fall within any of the 



A number of species appear to be confined, 

 to this district, for I failed to find them elsewhere. 

 Vr\ (Oaruga sp.) — becomes a very eommon tree on the 

 higher rocky hills, and though this species occurs even 

 in the Delta division, I nowhere found it growing 



under the same semi-savannah forest conditions as in 



strips. 



we find the comparison is much against the hill timber. 



which goes as low as 114 cubic feet to the acre at the 

 worst, and only averages 230, while the timber on the 

 flat runs at its best 835 cubic feet to the acre, and 

 averages 420 cubic feet. 



I am afraid that, from a commercial stand-point, 

 the whole area is of little value, except for local 



quiremeiits, when the timber could be pit sawn 

 Tables 2 and 3 show the data regarding the better re- 



presented species, and the more valuable species re- 

 spectively. For information as to the qualities of the 



timlx 



rs 



section VI. Xo. i) 



see 



red cedar 



the 



of Queensland- 



toon cedar of 

 is doubt lcbS a 



India or 



valuable wood; but, is it worth considering here, where 



it only runs a little over a quarter of one cubic foot 

 per acre? No. 1— damoni — is a good walnut sub- 

 stitute, and \ r o. 10 — melila — has probably the best re- 

 putation of any New (Jninea wood, because it is 



durable in the ground. No. 13- — sihu — might prove 



useful for match making; Xo. 20 — uri — has a good 

 brown heart, and would make good furniture. Kaeda 

 is a sound hard wood, useful for structural work, but 

 ot he wise not remarkable. No. 29 — devoru — is a useful 



inside lining wood. 



Of the valuable species that come under the 5 per 

 cent, line, Xo. 4 — nara is the most beautiful timber; 



th^n comes Xo. 8- — medobi — the silky teak, as it has 



been named in the trade. This is a particularly 



the dry belt. When the timber of these hilly parts, pleasing timber, and would, I am confident, find a 



