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Conclusion. 

 After consideration of the points raised and the means of operating 

 suggested for the conversion of colony timber, it might be well to state 

 in concluding this paper that as a matter of choice I would select the 

 town erected saw-mill with a suction gas plant running vertical frame 

 saws. 



Note. — Crabwood has this tendency to split when nailing in common with 

 mahogany, some birches, and other close-grained timbers when 

 thoroughly cured. Square-pointed nails drive better than sharp wire 

 nails, which act like wedges. I- have found soaping more or less 

 successful in driving the latter sort of nail when the necessity of 

 affronting with it a fine timber like crabwood arises. — Ed. 





