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Maire Tawliake (Eugenia Marie). A small tree about 40 to 50 feet 

 high, 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Common in swampy land in the North 

 Island. Timber compact, heavy, and durable. Used for jettying, piles, 

 fencing, railway ties, etc. 



Tawhero ( Weinmannia racemosa). This is a small tree 30 to 40 feet 

 high, 1 to 3 feet in diameter. It is often called black birch, and is even 

 substituted for that timber, to which it is greatly inferior in strength 

 and durability. Its bark is much used for tanning. 



Eewa-Eewa(Knigntiaexcelsa). This is always considered a perishable 

 timber. It is used principally as an ornamental wood by cabinetmakers, 

 and iulayers, and workers in fancy and ornamental woodwork gener- 

 ally. It is a bright, yellowish wood, with large, soft grain, capable of 

 high polish. Generally useless, except for ornamental purposes. 



Tipau (Myrsine salicina). This has been used only in places where 

 good timber is scarce. It is not considered durable, although highly 

 valued for inlaying, veneering, etc. 



Tar air e (Nesodaphne tar air e). This is a very handsome tree 40 to 50 

 feet high, trunk 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Timber compact and capable 

 of taking a fine surface, but not durable when exposed. It is largely 

 used for shingles and is much esteemed by cabinetmakers because of 

 its softness, even grain, and high polish when worked. 



Mungeao (Tetronthera calicaris). A small tree, most plentiful north 

 of the Auckland Isthmus. Height about 40 feet. Timber close grained 

 and extremely tough. Utilized largely for the manufacture of ship's 

 blocks, etc. 



Black Maire (Oleacunningliamii) and Maire (Santalumcunninghamii). 

 These afford fine-grained timber of great density, and are extremely 

 durable. All are commonly called "Maire," alike by settlers and 

 natives. Black Maire usually attains the largest dimensions, and is 

 sometimes found 40 feet high or more. Santalum, of this species, is 

 the least of the group. All the different kinds are confined to the 

 North Island, and are most plentiful in the province of Auckland. 

 There are three different kinds of these trees, but two only are worthy 

 of mention here. 



Kohe Kohe (Dysoxylum spectabile). This is a handsome tree, with 

 the trunk 2 to 4 feet in diameter; heart wood reddish, tough, but not 

 durable. The wood is occasionally used by the cabinetmaker, but is 

 not as well known as it deserves to be. 



TitoJci (Alectryon excelsum). This tree is generally distributed 

 through the colony, except perhaps in the extreme south. It affords 

 a tough close-grained wood, well adapted for the purposes of the 

 machinist, but is not durable when exposed. 



Kawalsa (Libocearus doniana). A splendid tree from 60 to 100 

 feet high, the trunk from 3 to 5 in diameter. Up to the present the 

 timber has not, I believe, been generally used except for fencing, but 

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