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is in sympathy with the wishes of the consumer here. The logs are 
n on four sides, of sizes from 16 ins. to 28 ins, square and 
12 to 25 feet long. The quality may be described as excellent, and 
such logs in any kind of timber are very seldom seen. We understand it 
is proposed to introduce this wood for street paving for which purpose 
it would probably prove very satisfactory. Its structure, hardness 
and undoubted durability place Lophira wood in the front rank and 
enable it to compete with other timbers suitable for the purpose 
mentioned.” It may here be noted that African oak or teak 
( Oldjieldia africana),formerly imported into this country from Sierra 
Leone for shipbuilding purposes, is practically unknown in commerce 
at the present day. 
Some logs of Gaboon mahogany or Okoumé (Boswellia Klaineana) 
were also observed. ‘This timber is employed in France in turnery, 
carpentry, for cabinet work and marquetry. The natives of the 
Gaboon form their large canoes or dug-outs from the trunk of this 
tree. ‘ Brococo” or Sapeli wood from the Benin district was also 
observed. This timber has a fragrant odour and is one of the 
African mahoganies. It is believed to be furnished by a species of 
Entandrophragma. 
From Usambara, German East Africa, an unfamiliar timber was 
noted. This I found upou enquiry is known as East African cedar ~ 
(Juniperus procera) and is apparently the wood referred to under the 
heading of “ Substitute woods for Pencils” in the “ Timber News,” 
November 1912, p. 4. “ Recently they have discovered in German 
East Africa a species of cedar which, while not as perfect in its 
essential requirements as the red cedar (Juniperus), nevertheless 
fulfils them in a high degree. It has a fine, straight, and almost 
even grain; it is just as brittle and nearly as soft as the red cedar; 
it has a beautiful dark-red colour ; is of an even texture and should 
polish well ; is non-resinous, of a light weight and has the pronounced 
cedar odour. It is reported that there are large quantities of this 
wood available and that the foreign manufacturers are at the present 
time using considerable quantities of it.” During 1910, 31,000 logs 
of East African cedar from West Usambara were landed in 
Germany. 
Amongst other unfamiliar woods noted may be mentioned some 
lanks of “ Eng” from Rangoon. This is the wood of Dipterocarpus 
tuberculatus described by Gamble in “ A Manual of Indian Timbers” 
as a large deciduous forest tree of Burma. The wood is dark red- 
brown and hard and is probably the best of the woods yielded by 
species of Dipterocarpus, and is in considerable demand and use for 
building and boats. Were it not that Burma has so many valuable 
timbers and especially teak (Tectona grandis), Eng would probably 
be in even greater demand. 
import. Inthe same dock sheds were noted from the Tropics, lignum 
