CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION ....'....... 1 



I. DISTRIBUTION 1 



II. SILVICULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 



(a) Locality 2 



(6) Shape and Development . . . . . . * . 3 



(c) Reproduction .......... 4 



(d) Management f 5 



III. TIMBER 



(a) Description and Properties of the Wood 



Heart-wood and Sap-wood ....... 5 



Durability .......... 6 



Weight 6 



Strength 6 



Possibility 6 



Calorific power ......... 6 



Seasoning power ......... 6 



(6) Felling and Extraction 7 



(c) Size of Timber obtainable ....... 7 



(d) Outturn and Price 7 



(e) Uses of Timber '8 



IV. MINOR PRODUCTS 



(a) Leaves ........... 9 



(6) Pods 9 



(c) Gum . . . 10 



(d) Bark- 



Properties .......... 11 



Method of Tanning ' 11 



Quality of .Bark 12 



Outturn and Price 13 



(e) Lac ... 14 



