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TABLE VIIL 



Forests on Right Bank of Vanapa River. 

 Predominant Species, viz., over 5 per cent, of the Total Volume 



Herbarium 



Number. 



34 



3 



13 



3G 



Local Name 



Scientific Name. 



Hi mo 

 Med obi 



Sibil 

 Okaka 



• • 



• » 



• • 



* • 



• • 



Octomeles suynatrana 



Indt. 



Pterocymbium sp. . . 



Terminalia catappoides 



Total 



• 9 



• t 



» « 



* • 



Number 

 of Trees. 



Cubic Contents. 



Total 



* • 



41 

 19 

 14 

 10 



84 



> 



Cubic ft. 



14,240 

 3,574 

 3,112 



8.586 



23,518 



Per Acre. 



Per Tree 



Cuhi • ft 



137 

 34 



30 



25 



22(5 



Cubic ft 



347 

 183 

 222 



258 



Percentages of 



To 



Total 



Cubic 



Contents 



o 



31-43 



7-87 

 6-84 

 5 09 



To 

 Total 



dumber 



Trees. 



Acres 

 per Tree. 



o 



15-29 

 7-09 

 5 • 22 

 3-73 



280 



52 - 01 ) 



31 00 



2-5 



5 -5 



100 



TABLE IX. 

 Valuable Species not included in Table VII f. 



Herbarium 

 Number. 



Local Name. 



Scientific Name 



Number 



of Trees. 



Cubic Contents 



4 



9 



Nara 



Eti 



Pterocarpus indie us 



Cedrela toon a var. australis . . 



Total 



Per Acre. 



Per Tree. 



Total 



17 



6 



Cubic ft. 



1,216 



752 



211 



1,908 



Cubic ft. 

 12 



7 



Cubic ft. 



t 



i 



120 



1!) 



197 



Percentages of 



Total 



Cubic 



Contents 



0/ 



/o 



2-09 

 1 -5!) 



Total 



Number 



Trees. 



/o 



5 • 34 

 2-23 



• • 



Acres 



per 'Tree 



6-1 

 17-3 



Traverse A was taken parallel to the bank of the 

 river going up stream, and mainly 



The strip covered 30 acres, carrying 

 14,792 feet. 



on flat country. 

 94 trees, cubing 



Without this 8 acres of ilimo the strip survey would 

 have shown a forest of doubtful commercial value, 



* 



and this is, I am afraid, the estimate we must accept. 





Traverse B was taken in the same type of country 

 as A, but going down stream. The strip covered 8 

 acres and contained 62 trees, cubing 17,077 feer. 



Forests on the Banks of the Aroa Kiver. 



The Aroa River runs more or less parallel with the 

 Vanapa River, but some 10 miles to the westward. 



Traverse C was taken up a ridge over the top and It is in comparison a small river, and its grade is such 



that it is shallow, and cannot be used for floating logs, 

 except when in high flood. An inspection was made 



down to the Toiva River — a confluent of the Vanapa. 

 The strip covered 66 acres, contained 112 trees, cubing 



13,457 feet. 



Summarizing the above three strips, we have — 





Acres. 



Trees. 



Cubic Feet. 



Forests on alluvial 

 Forests on hills 



38 

 66 



156 

 112 



31,8(59 

 14,457 



Total 



104 



208 



45,320 



of the timber growing along both banks for a distance 

 of 8| miles. The forest proved uninteresting both from 

 a commercial and sylviculture! standpoint. There 

 were not the same deposits of alluvium, while the little 

 hills lower down and the bigger ones higher up, were 

 as disappointing as those on the Vanapa. The follow- 

 ing new trees were met with: 



]\Icia (Harri iif/tnii'iti Fovbesx*. Bak. fil.) 

 Yokokoro (Lucwna sp.). 



Contents. 



Forests on alluvial 

 Forests on hills 



• • 



Per 

 A ere. 



839 



204 



Per 



Tree 



Trees. 



Per 



Acre. 



204 



120 



Percentages. 



Contents. 



- 



Trees 



122, 



123, 



124, Ivina (Indt.). 



125, Vasap;i (Pleiogyniutn solandn) 



126, Ono (Aleutitts tnol uceana), 



127, ? (Dysoxylum sp.). 



128, Kuve (J'i.s'Wta Urn nonia). 



129, Koka (Indt.). 



130, Bio Bio, No. 2 {Garcinia sp.). 



131, Maita-maita {Eugenia sp.). 



4-1 



1-7 



o/ 



/o 



70 



30 



VM, 



? ( , [glaia obliqua). 



0/ 

 



58 -0 



42 



distribution throughout this 



area, 



These figures speak for themselves, and should any 

 more evidence be desired regarding the very unequal 



I would point to 

 the fact that Traverse B is our sample ilimo stand 



already summarized in tabic on page 7. Setting out 



the ilimo alone, we have: — 34 ilimo, 14,130 cubic feet. 

 1,766 cubic feet per acre; 31 per cent, of the total 

 cubic content, and 12?, per cent, of the total number of 

 trees; A\ trees to the acre, and 415 cubic foet per tree. 



From a hill between Lolorua and Korona Plantations 



an excellent view of the district is obtained. The hill 

 itself and the plain to the sea is all savannah forest, 

 and it is only with difficulty that you can place the 

 flora in New Guinea, so much does it resemble that of 

 Australia. It is only along the alluvial banks of the 

 rivers, and in the hollows, that rain forest occurs. 

 Behind to the north-east rise hill after hill, up and 

 up to the mountains that form the Owen Stanley 

 Range, and all these hills are clothed with woody 

 rowth, which, at this distance, appears as large as 



the tall trees of the rain forests of the river hauls. 

 The hollows and creek banks carry some good stands of 

 No. 3— -medobi — which is probably commoner here than 



