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Oil Beans in 28 lb, bags were recognised as the seeds of 

 Pentaclethra macrophylla, a note upon which appeared in the 

 Kew Bulletin, No. 5, 1906, p- 176. Samples of these seeds have 

 frequently been received at the Museum from Liverpool for 

 determination, and though enquiries for them have been made by 

 Liverpool merchants, they do not appear to be obtainable in 

 quantity, probably from the fact that the natives of the West 

 Coast employ them as food. 



. Some putrid-looking rubber with an offensive odour ("Niger 

 Niggers ") was noted in flat bags of about 1 



Other products observed in the docks were :— Crates of Canary 

 Bananas and boxes of Tomatoes (four to the crate) from Teneriffe ; 

 casks of Cocoa Nut Oil, each weighing about 1,500 lbs. ; Red 

 American and mixed American Wheat, beinff weighed into sacks 



cwt 



White and Yellow American 



m 



from 



Californian Apples, and also an immense number of casks of 



timber 



American and Canadian Apples. 



+v, * MBERS - "-"■ uuc enuxxiious quantities or timoer 

 the docks the following were specially noted :— Lag 

 m squared logs of 12 to 20 ft. ; Birch, Maple, and uooumwuvu 

 planks from Canada. Pine planks in various sizes from Canada, 

 probably derived from Pinus Strolms and P. resinosa. Large 

 quantities of railway sleepers, bundles of broom handles of Ash 

 trom panada, also bundles of dowels of Poplar in several sizes 

 trom .the United States and Canada. These are employed in 

 turmture making. Shooks in bundles of 25 to 30 of Satin Walnut 



twSJ' T • r Jtyracifl'ua) for kegs for nails and for soft soap. 

 /Sv 2 mch thick of American Whitewood (Liriodendron 

 rS ff A UBed ™ ft"> manufacture of bedroom furniture. 

 ?wl\ I ■ ro ™ d ' with the bark removed, of American Walnut 



to^K£rX& m 7 n 20 a len g fch9 > P ainted red ™ the endS 



in varvini ffn^V Ff nadian Rock Maple (Acer saccharinum) 



flooring g A "5 S ° f \£ 12 feefc » tongued and grooved for wood 



2" ifSSE? * ^ hitewood converted for electric light 



Sniap?e a tel° n c °nint ab ° V ?' 'T «***™nta of Canadian 

 rollers fL Tv* C0D H n g. in for the manufacture of -— " ,Q 

 ^ll 8 ' ,il°l * h . w .apP"cation the wood is imnorted 



octa-onallv nrl Jf a PP llcatl on the wood is imported shaped 

 St unu W , ^ ? mteI y stored in the dark and packed in 

 Et tzmtlTZ^ c °r ersion - This is done to prevent 

 Keighlev and A L°™ ?*>' These rollers ar * made chiefly at 



n ' lulltiI s aunng the course of a year. 



Sergeneso^o/Mes^ f *£ S° bert Gardner and Mr « Edmund 

 Hardwood MercW H nf p 6 ^ G T a - rdner & Sons ' the well-known 



extensive timber ?£d? 1°°^ ^P 00 ^ a visit was made to the 

 timbers to he IZn I ° f * he . firm - Of the great variety of 



varieties were specially noted"-' ^ followin g commercial 



