MARKINGS ON TIMBER, ETC. 



327 



which means length 23 ft. and contents 27 cubic feet, 

 /( - 10, % = 20, /%( = 30 (the crossed lines indi- 

 cating 10 ft.) ; single strokes represent single feet, and 

 where the cross meets the foot of a stroke, thus )(/ 15, 

 or ftl 25. In larger logs the strokes have often two 

 crosses, thus ^ = 60, or thus f$ = 80, and a notch 



above represents half a foot, thus rfl/Hj = 38 J ft - 



Australian timber is marked with circles, and Tasmanian 

 timber with diamond shapes on the ends, having within 

 them the initials of the colony from whence they come, as 

 well as the initial of the timber. The following are a few 



specimens : 



Western Australia. 



Jarrah. 



Ironbark. 



Karri. 

 New South Wales. 



N.S.W 

 G.G 



Grey gum. 

 Tasmania. 



Blackbutt. 



Turpentine. 



Blue gum. 



Stringy bark. 



Peppermint. 



