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small ones, from the forest administration. New South Wales, 

 for instance, until 1896 worked with a deficit, but during the years 

 1905-1910 cleared about $800,000; Victoria $200,000, while West 

 and South Australia worked with deficits (the latter largely 

 through planting). For the whole Commonwealth, the balance 

 of the five-year period leaves $367,000 to the good. The importa- 

 tions of wood, largely from the United States, during the five-year 

 period averaged about 300 million feet B, M,, valued at around 

 8 million dollars. The imports from the United States repre- 

 sent 40 percent of the total, New Zealand coming next with nearly 

 26 percent and Norway third with nearly 20 percent. As against 

 this import, the export amounts to around 150 million feet and 3.8 

 million dollars, so that Australia imports nearly half her wood 

 consumption. 



Die W'dlder Australiens. Zeitschrift fur Forst-und Jagdwesen. October, 

 1912. Pp. 637-641. 



Australia furnishes a number of highly 



Australian valuable woods among which the following: 



Timber Black Bean, Castanospermuni australe, from 



the northeastern part of the island rivals the 



Italian walnut in beauty of wood but is not considered so durable. 



White Beech is soft, easy to cut, and well suited for carvings that 



are broad in treatment. It is almost immune from worm attack 



and is used largely for veranda floors, decks of coast vessels and 



for other purposes demanding a clean, light, easily worked wood. 



Silky Oak, Grevillea robusta, much resembles East Indian satin 



wood. It has a very even grain and is comparatively soft. 



Locally it is used for butter kegs, churns, butter baskets, veneers, 



light cabinet work and was originally used for boomerangs. 



Tulip Tree, Harpullia pendula, is best suited for lithographers 

 scrapers and engraving. It is prized for ornamental cabinet work 

 because of its alternate bands of black and yellow. Jarrah, 

 Eucalyptus marginata, is the pre-eminent tree of Western Aus- 

 tralia. It is estimated to cover 14,000 square miles where the 

 best timber grows on ironstone ridges. This species is valued 

 in ship building, paving, furniture and joinery. Karri, Eucalyptus 

 gomphocephala, occurs in the southwesten part of the Island. 

 Locally it is used for building, wheels, piles, and bridges. 



