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should be a good wood for joinery and general inside purposes. 

 For boat building, coach and carriage building, it ought to be 

 excellent. It appears to be a fairly durable wood. 



Tamonau. — Tamanau (no botjtnical name) of the Eastern 

 Division ; Dandigo, of Buna Bay. Very light medium grained 

 wood, with no particular figure. Light pink or nearly buff in 

 colour, ill some lights there is a satin-like sheen and bluish streaks 

 in some of the annual rings. It has not the appearance of a dur- 

 able timber, being totally unfit for use in damp situations. In one 

 part of the specimen, where it had evidently been on the 

 ground, signs of decay were apparent. It is easy to work, and 

 finishes under the planer with a woolly surface ; for light inside 

 work it should be very serviceable. 



Kokoila. — Kokoilo (Calophyllum inophyllum) Eastei-n Divis- 

 ion; Oma, Vailala District. Liglit, cedarlike, open-grained wood, 

 rather a pretty figure (reminding one of cocoanut wood), brownish 

 red in appearance, slightly attacked by a small borer or worm, 

 would not be durable in damp situations, but would be useful for 

 panels hs a substitute for cedar. The openness of the grain, either 

 straight from the saw or under the planer, would suggest a 

 great amount of "' filling " before polishing, but when properly 

 sandpapered the finish is very fine and the grain seems to be 

 close. 



Mad are. — Madave, of the Sagarai Valley; "This seems to 

 have affinities witli Shorea Dipterocarpeae " (J. H. Maiden). 

 Ome of Vailala. Light, cedar-like, open-grained timber. The 

 colour is a shade lighter than Kokoilo, but the figure is not so 

 pronounced. It is course-grained, easy to work if planed in 

 the direction in which the rings run out, otherwise broad, rough 

 bands are produced. It has the appearance of a brittle timber. 

 It should be useful for joinery where light work is required, 

 especially for cabinet w'ork. It does not give one tlie impression 

 of being a durable timber in damp places. 



Ilimo. — Ilimo, uf Motu, (order Bignoniaceae) found in Laloki 

 and Brown River Disti-icts. lohea, Vailala ; liinuinba, Cape 

 Nelson and Buna Bay ; Kiua, CJape Vogel. 



This was the lightest timber received, both in colour and 

 weight, soft, fairly close-grained ; when viewed by reflected 

 light on the " quartered " side, it has the appearance of grey 



