Varnish Making Begins in New Zealand 



This Chinaman's 

 grandpa did it this 

 way, and grandpa's 

 grandpa and all the 

 rest. It's a family 

 custom, don't you 

 know? "Tung" nuts 

 are being ground 

 down in the trough. 

 They give a valua- 

 ble oil, useful in 

 varnish and finishes 



Pressing the "tung" 

 nuts. The appara- 

 tus is crude and 

 ages old. The meat 

 of "tung" nuts is 

 much like that of 

 Brazil nuts. The 

 oil obtained gives a 

 more waterproof 

 finish than does lin- 

 seed oil. Varnish 

 makers buy it in 

 large quantities 



This little jungle 

 maid has been out 

 prospecting for kau- 

 ri gum. She thrusts 

 her long, iron rod in 

 the ground and tells 

 by touch when it 

 has located a lump 



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Kauri gum passing from the native New Zealander to the 

 exporter. The material is a semi-fossil resin found under- 

 ground where it has lain for hundreds of years. 

 A lump may weigh a few ounces or several pounds 



