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Among'st other natural orders yielding timljer-trees are Pittos- 

 porejB, Tiliacea) (yielding blueberry ash^ maiden's blush, &c.), Rutaceae 

 (yielding many of the soapwoods \_'Evodia\, also Geujeva, Peyitaceras, 

 &c.), Meliacet^ (yielding cedar, rosewood, &c.), Sapindaceas (yielding 

 Cujmnias, NepheUums, native tamarind, &c.), Leguminosse (includ- 

 ing Acacia and black bean), Saxifragese (including a number of 

 plain, easy working, durable timbers, such as coachwood, marara, 

 &c., belonging to the genera Ceratopetalum, Weinmannia , Achama, 

 Eurryphia, S,-cJ, the Verbenaceas (including the white beech, the 

 mangrove, Vite.v, S)'c.), the Proteacefe (including a number of 

 fissile timbers bearing a strong family likeness, such as silky oak, 

 honeysuckle, &c.), the Monimacefe or Sassafras family, the Euphor- 

 biacefe, (including some hard, dense timbers known as scrub iron- 

 bark [BridcUa], pencil cedar, Avater gum, &c., belonging to the genus 

 PhijUanthus, and not to be confused with other timbers bearing the 

 same vernacular names), Casuarinte (including she-oaks in variety), 

 Cupulifera? (including a true beech. Fag us; Moorel, a durable timber 

 which Avould be much sought after if it were found growing in less 

 inaccessible situations), the Santalace^e (including the native cherry), 

 the Conifer^e (including the cypress pine, Moreton Bay pine, and she 

 or brown pine), and others. The number of plants, indigenous to 

 New South Wales, which attain tree size, amounts to several hun- 

 dreds, but many of them are not of economic importance. 



Statistical. 



I attach some particulars of the exports fi-om, and imports of timber 

 into, the Colony for 1894 (for which I am indebted to Mr. Coghlan, 

 Government Statistician). It will appear that the value of the exports 

 is about one-ninth that of the latter. We are a great timber-using 

 Colony (although much of it is used for rough purposes), but we can 

 form no reliable estimate of the value of the timber thus used for home 

 consumption. 



Export of Timbers from New South Wales 

 duriua; 1894. 



