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analysed the following August. This is the best sample of A. decurrens bark 

 which has hitherto been examined by me. 



A second sample from the same district yielded 31'75 per cent, of tannic 

 acid, and 62*35 percent, of extract ; while a third gave 29 25 per cent, of 

 tannic acid, and 59 per cent, of extract. A fourth gave 24' 99 per cent, of 

 tannic acid, and 53 '96 per cent, of extract. 



A bark from Batemau's Bay, collected in February, and said to be known 

 locally as "Silver Wattle," * yielded the very satisfactory result of 31 per 

 cent, of tannic acid, and 59*45 per cent, of extract. It was obtained from 

 trees 50 feet high and 9 inches in diameter. 



A second specimen from the same locality, collected at the same time, and 

 labelled, probably more correctly, " Green Wattle," gave the even better 

 result of 36*25 per cent, of tannic acid, and GO'S per cent, of extract. It is 

 as good as any Victorian or Tasmanian. 



Mr. Thomas Shepherd, an enterprising tanner of Cambewarra, has kindly 

 furnished me with the following information in sending the first sample from 

 Nerriga. Of all New South "Wales localities he prefers Nerriga for A. 

 decurrens bark. He says it would be quite equal to Tasmanian if it could be 

 obtained as finely ground. From Cambewarra bark Mr. Shepherd obtains 

 only two liquors, of which the second is very weak, while from the Nerriga 

 bark he invariably obtains three strong liquors. In his opinion the best 

 time for stripping is when the trees are in bud, and have just come into 

 flower. Next to the Nerriga bark he speaks highest of that coming from the 

 Bega district. 



I have examined a sample of bark called " Grreen Wattle," from Bell's 

 Creek, Araluen, N.S.W. It was from trees 25 to 30 feet high, with diam 

 etersfrom 6 to 18 inches, was grown on granite soil, and was collected in 

 November, 1888. In April, 1890, it was analysed with the following 

 result : Tannic acid, 31*23 per cent. ; extract, 64*15 per cent. It is smooth, 

 compact, yields a light-coloured powder with some fibre, is a quarter of an 

 inch thick, and is to be ranked with the best of our New South Wales barks. 



Bark from Eden, stripped in November, gave 30*25 per cent, of tannic 

 acid, and 51*65 per cent, of extract. 



A specimen of " Grreen Wattle-bark," grown at Tombong, Snowy River, 

 N.S.W., was collected in March, 1889. It was obtained from trees 20 to 33 



* Probably this incorrect name was given owing to an abnormal whiteness of the trunk, 

 caused by lichens. 



