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years in good order under much traffic. In bridge-building the 

 Kauri timber gave also excellent results ; it can likewise be used 

 advantageously for railway sleepers, sound-boards of pianofortes. 

 Kauri-wood is also used by wood-turners, for light handles for 

 many implements and instruments, including stethoscopes, for 

 wool-presses, the body-work of waggons, butter-casks, brewers' 

 vats ; further, in ship-building for bulwarks and the sides of 

 boats. In strength it is considerably superior to Baltic Deal. 

 Kauri ought to be extensively introduced into our denser forests. 

 Auckland alone exports -about 20,000 worth of Kauri timber 

 annually. It is easily worked, and takes a high polish. It 

 yields besides the Kauri resin of commerce, which is largely 

 got from under the stem of the tree. The greatest part is 

 gathered by the Maoris in localities formerly covered with Kauri 

 forests ; pieces weighing lOOlbs. have been found in such places. 



Dammara macrophylla, Lindley. 



Santa Cruz Archipelagos. A beautiful tree, 100 feet high, resem- 

 bling D. alba. 



Dammara Moorei, Lindley. 



New Caledonia. Height of tree about 50 feet. 



Dammara obtu?a, Lindley. 



New Hebrides. A fine tree, 200 feet high, with a long, clear trunk 

 resembling D. Australis. 



Dammara ovata, C. Moore. 



New Caledonia. This tree is rich in Dammar Resin. 



Dammara robusta, C. Moore. 



Queensland. Kauri. A tall tree, known from Rockingham's Bay 

 and Wide Bay. It thrives well, even in open, exposed, dry localities 

 at Melbourne. Height up to 130 feet ; largest diameter of stem, 

 6 feet ; free of knots and easily worked. Market value <3 10s. for 

 1,000 superficial feet of timber. The species is closely allied to the 

 Indian D. alba (Humph.) which yields the Amboina Dammar Resin. 



Dammara Vitiensis, Seemann. 



In Fiji. Tree, 100 feet high ; probabiy identical with Lindley 's 

 D. longifolia. 



Danthonia bipartita, F. v. Mueller. 



From the interior of New South Wales and Queensland to West 

 Australia. Available as a tender-leaved and productive perennial 

 grass for any desert regions. 



