68 TASMANIAN TIMBERS. 



Sleepers, Post,^, and Bails. 



No. to Cubic 



a ton. feet. 



12-34 blue giini sleepers 7' X 10' X 5'. 1 sleeper ^ 2-4306, and 



weighs IS'2 lbs. 

 13-3 stringy-bark sleepers 7' X 10" X 5". 1 sleeper = 2-4305, and 



weighs 168 lbs. 

 14-7 blue gum sleepers 6' 0" X 9" X 5". 1 sleeper = 2-031, and 



weighs 152 lbs. 

 16- stringy-bark sleepers 6' 6" X 9" X 5". 1 sleeper = 2,-'031, and 



weights 14ii lbs. 

 27-2 stringy-bark posts 7' X 7" X o'x2". 1 post =1-191, and 



weighs 82 • 2 lbs. 

 61 stringy-bark fence rails 9' X 7" X 2 "X 1". 1-55 rails = 1 cubic foot. 

 70 „ „ 9' X 6"X2"X^". 2- rails = 1 cubic foot. 



Fireivood. 



80 Cubic feet of green gum weigh about a ton. 

 100 Cubic feet of dry gum „ ,, ,, 



Staves. 

 No. to , 



a ton. 



504 Wattle -2' 8" X 4„ x 1" I au * iq. . t u- i- ^ 



Aoo 131 I J .V o/, w ^„ w T" } About 13i staves = 1 cubic foot. 

 432 Blackwood 2 8' X 4" X 1 ( 



298 Wattle 3' 2" X 54" X ItV f vi. + q + i u- ^ ^ 



256 Blackwood 3' 2" X 5V X 1^ \ ^^^"' ^ ''^^'' ^ ^ '"^'' '"^*- 



Itr «;'"J' . t' ?.'' J Vh ^ ]"" [ About 8 staves i = 1 cubic foot. 

 266 Blackwood 4 X 4|" x 1 j 



StHngy-hafk Palings. 



308 palings & x £' J ., palings split from a billet 6" X 2f' X 2" at the end. 

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429 " 6' X o" { " " ^P^^* from a billet 6" X 2^" Xl^" at the end. 



Shingles. 

 40 bundles of 96 each, 3840 shingles to a ton ; each bundle weighs \ cwt. 



Apple Cases, 

 Long Apple Case — 



No. to 

 a ton, 

 768 top, bottom, and side palings 2' 4" X 7"jx g-", 26 ^ 1 cubic foot. 



665 ends and divisions 1' 2" X 7"°X I", 20 = 1 cubic foot. 



Timber for 90 long apple cases weighs about a ton. 

 Timber for 145 half cases weighs about a ton. 



Dump Apple Case — 



No. to 

 a ton. 

 12-21 side palings 1' 8" X 7" i X I", 38^ = 1 cubic foot. 



895 top and bottom palings 1' 8" X ^Yl X ^", 27=1 cubic foot. 



460 ends 1' 3" x 9^" X i", 14 = 1 cubic foot. 



Timber for 100 dump apple cases weighs about a ton. 



