I30 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
In 1441 A.D., at 1712 years of age, the tree was burned a 
second time in two long grooves, 1 and 2 feet wide respectively. 
Each had its own system of repair. One hundred and thirty- 
nine years of growth followed, including the time occupied 
by covering the wounds. 
In 1580 A.D., at 1851 years of age, occurred another fire, 
causing a burn on the trunk 2 feet wide, which took fifty-six 
years to cover with new tissue. Two hundred and seventeen 
years of growth followed this burn. 
In 1797 A.D., when the tree was 2068 years old, a tremendous 
fire attacked it, burning the great scar 18 feet wide. One 
hundred and three years, between 1797 and 1goo, had enabled 
the tree to reduce the exposed area of the burn to about 14 feet 
in width. 
It is to be noted that in each of the three older burns there 
was a thin cavity occupied by the charcoal of the burned 
surface, but the wounds were finally fully covered and the 
new tissue overlaying them was full. 
W. B. HAVELOCK, 
Brocklesby Park, Lincs. 
FORESTS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
A report just issued by the Premier of Western Australia 
states that the total wooded area of the colony is estimated 
at 98,000,000 acres, and the extent of merchantable timber 
has been reckoned to be, approximataly, as follows :—Jarrah 
mainly (with blackbutt and red gum interspersed), 8,000,000 
acres; Karri, 1,200,000 acres; Tuart, 200,000 acres; Wandoo 
(white gum) and allied timbers, 7,000,000 acres; York gum, 
yate, sandal-wood, and jam-wood, 4,000,000 acres—total, 
20,400,000 acres. This represents a forest area of merchant- 
able timber four times greater than the whole area of Wales. 
The total value of timber exported from Western Australia 
for the ten years ended 1904 was £4,800,000.—The Timber 
News and Sawmill Engineer. 
