20 



Leaving the Kumusi I struck east to a village called 176 



Sagari. 



The country passed through was rather lew- 



lying; the trail traversed innumerable swamps, and was 

 in places a succession of log bridges. Where the land 

 was high enough farms had been made, and the country 

 was either under crop or in various stages of re-growth. 

 The weed trees that comprised these farm woodlands 

 was similar to those which I have described near 

 Wasida. Virgin forest was not met with to any extent 



cubic feet to the average tree. Turning now to 

 Table XVII., it will be seen that only one species 

 carries an aggregate volume of over 5 per cent., and 

 that is No. 152 — borua — which accounts for no less than 

 65 per cent, of the volume, and 32 per cent, of the 

 number of trees. Next in importance is No. 5 — okamu 

 but this is only in number of trees — 10.4 per cent. 



until a few miles short of 



►sagari. 



Here a new type 



of rain forest occurs, which is ot so high a quality that, 

 though the actual area of timber was small, it seemed 



worth surveying, 

 the 



natives 



This seemed the more desirable, as 



here to be rather 



the country begins 



thickly populated — were rapidly eating into the forest. 



Sagari Forest. 



for in volume it only accounts for 3.8 per cent. Borua 

 is a magnificent tree; the bole often exceeds 100 feet, 

 while overall the tree attains 150 feet. While it has 

 spur roots at the butt, it cannot be said to be but- 

 tressed, and so should cut up without too much waste. 

 The wood is a good colour, and has a nice straight grain, 

 with a pleasant sheen on the quarter and back. It 

 polishes well, and is of handy lightness, about 37 lbs. 

 to the cubic foot — altogether a very satisfactory wood 

 to market if there is anywhere in Papua an area of this 



The area of forest left here is about 800 acres, and type of forest. Sylviculturally, it should be satisfactory, 

 the area covered by the strip survey was 40 acres, or for it grows in close stands of pure, or almost pure, 



forest. It makes a very heavy canopy, and appears to 

 have little undergrowth except seedlings of its own kind. 



Its second story also is only sub-dominant and domi- 



to the 



5 per cent, cf the whole. Tables XVI. and XVII. give 

 a summary of the data collected. It will be seen that 

 the 40 acres of strips included 27 species, containing 

 30,561 cubic feet, or 764.5 cubic feet to the acre, and 



natecl borua waiting their chance to get up 





TABLE XV. 



- 









Survey of the Forests of Sagari, Northern DIVISION. 









Local Name. 



Scientific Name. 



Number 

 of Trees. 



Cubic Contents. 



Percentages of— 





Herbarium 



Number. 









To 



To 



A cres 

 per Tree. 

















Total 



Total 













Total. 



Per Acre. 



Per Tree. 



Cubic 



Number 



















Contents. 



Trees. 













— — . — . — ■ — - 



Cabin ft, Cubic ft. 



Cubic ft. 



0/ 



/o 



/o 





1 



Damoni . . 





DraconiomAum manqiferum . . 



2 



262 



6 • 55 



131 



0-86 



116 



20- 







3 



Mcdobi . . 





Indt, 



• 



1 



22 



0'55 



11 



0-07 



0-58 



40 







5 



Okamu .. 





Pometia pin n at a 



• 



18 



1,172 



29 * 30 



65 



3 83 



10-40 



2 







6 



Meneai 



• 



A rtocarpus sp. 



• 



4 



1,412 



35 • 30 



353 



4-44 



2-21 



10- 







29 



Devoru 





Alston i a scholaris .. 



• 



2 



576 



14-40 



288 



1-88 



1-16 



20- 







33 



Bara . . • 





Diospyros sp. 



• 



2 



236 



5-90 



118 



0-77 



116 



20- 







74 



Vane a 





Sterculaceae 



_ 



1 



167 



4-42 



167 



0-53 



0-58 



40 







84 



Otuni 





Sloanea paradisearurn 



• • 



! i 



145 



3-62 



145 



0-47 



0*58 



40 







131! 



Clara ua . . 





Anisoptora poh/andra 



2 



330 



8-25 



165 



108 116 



20- 







137 



Dmdike 





Rubiaceae 



» • 



2 



336 



8-40 



168 



1-10 



116 



20- 







142 



Sisira 





C a>m r him lineistipida 



• 



2 



338 



8-45 



169 



1-11 



1-16 



20" 







141 



Komina . . 





Ehrocarpus novo-guiniensis , 



« • 



2 



626 



15-65 



303 



2*01 



116 



20' 







143 



Dibaba 





Indt. 



• • 



1 



160 



4-00 



160 



0*50 



0*58 



40 







144 



Duduyo .. 





Sem pear pus sp. 



■ • 



1 



112 



2-80 



112 



0-37 



0-58 



40 







145 



i Ano-Ano 





Indt. 



► • 



14 864 



21-35 



61 



2-79 



7-99 



2- 



8 



147 



Sau ma 





Endidtidra sp. 



■ • 



2 



285 



6-62 



142 



0-93 



1-16 



20 







149 



Tavili .. 





Indt. 



• • 



1 



102 



2-55 



102 



0-33 



0*58 



40 







151 



Lala 





Indt. 



• • 



5 



1,173 



29 • 32 



286 



3-84 



2*89 



8 



•0 



152 



Borua 





[ndt. 



» • 



56 



19,901 



497-52 



207 



65-11 



32-37 







'7 



153 



Bara 





MyriMicn sp. 



* • 



1 



224 



5-60 



224 



0-73 



0-58 



40 







158 



Arum 





Sarcocephalits cordatus 



• • 



1 



229 



5-72 



229 



0-74 



0-58 



40 







160 



* • • ■ • 





Indt. 



■ • 



4 



766 



19-15 



192 



2-41 



221 



10 







1 69 a 



Oiela 





E rod ia larnprocarpa 



• V 



1 



108 



2-70 



108 



0-34 



0-58 



40 







196 



Omra 





Indt. 



• • 



1 



109 



272 



109 



0-35 



0*58 



40 



'0 



2( 10 



Ondodo . . 





Indt. 



• • 



1 



320 



8-00 



320 



104 



0-58 



40 







203 



Kaira 





ManiUoa sp. no v. . . 



• • 



1 



224 



5-60 



224 



0-73 



0*58 



40 







204 



Gne-Gne . . 





Pa )p iia sp. 



• • 



1 



372 



9 30 



372 



1-22 



0-58 



40 



■0 







Total 



i 



173 



30,561 



764 • 00 



176 



100-00 



100 00 



• * 





TABLE XVI. 











Dominant Species. 









• 



Local Name. 



Scientific Name. 



Number 



of Trees. 



Cubic Contei] 



its. 



Percentages of — 





Herbarium 

 Number. 









To 



To 



Aeres 

 per Tree. 











Total. 



Per Acre. 



IVr Tree. 



Total 

 Cubic 



Total 

 Number 









- 



■- 1 ■ ■ 1 M - ■! — 









Contents. 



Trees. 











Cubic ft. 



Cubic ft. 



Cubic ft. 



/o 

 65-11 



/o 



32-3 



* 



152 



Borua 



Indt. 



56 



19,901 



497*5 



207 



0-7 



5 



Okamu . . 



■ 



Pometia pinnate 



18 



1,172 



29 3 



66 



3-80 

 68-91 



10-4 



2-2 



^■^^F ^^V ^P^^^ ^^^* ^^^^^™" *^^^^* ^^"*^^^"^ — "^1 



Total 



• • 



74 



21,073 



526-8 



271 



42-7 



2 9 



