FOREST-TREES OF NEW ZEALAND. 171 
For ordinary cabinet-work—in the construction of household furni- 
ture of the commoner kinds—the woods chiefly used appear to be 
Rimu, Black Pine, Rata, and Black Mapau, though Totara and Matai 
are also employed. In the Industrial Exhibition at Dunedin in 1862, 
were displayed polished slabs, suitable for ordinary and ornamental 
cabinet-work, of— 
Totara. Cabbage-tree. 
White Pine. Moka. 
Black Pine. Pepper-tree 
Rimu. edar 
Manuka Tree Tutu. 
Goai. Tooth-leaved Aster. 
Broad-leaf. Aki-aki. 
Red Mapau. 
The timber-exhibits at Dunedin in 1865 included, *— 
Totara. Broad-leaf. 
Black Pine. Tronwood. 
White Pine. Miro. 
Red Pine. Kowhai. 
Manuka. White Mapau. 
Birch. ikamik. 
Matai. 
As the result of an elaborate experimental inquiry on the compara- 
tive value of New Zealand timbers, and on their most suitable appli- 
cations, Balfour recommends the more extensive use for general 
purposes of the following Otago woods :— 
Manuka (Leptospermum ericoides). 
Kowhai (Sophora tetraptera, Vat. grandiflora). 
Black Birch (Fagus fusca). 
Red Birch (F. Menziesit). 
Red Pine. 
Black Pine (Podocarpus ferruginea). 
otara. 
Rata (Metrosideros lucida). 
* Jurors’ Reports—Exhibits of James M. Balfour, C.E., p. 134. 
