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favourites for ornamental furniture. My idea of forming a general déscrip- 
tive catalogue of woods meets with approbation here, and I shall apply my 
best energies to it as time and opportunity may permit. 
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“A wood called Iron-bark, a species of Hucalyptus, has lately been 
placed as first-class among the ship-building woods. This puts it on a 
par with English oak, teak, saul, &c., and will much raise its value here. 
This is the first of the Australian woods which has received this high 
character, although I feel that some others will be equally classed when 
better known. Iron bark is of great density (sp: gr: 1050), very close- 
‘grained and hard, and the imports have been from Sydney. The blue gum 
from Van Diemen’s Land is a very remarkable wood, and, should it prove 
strong and durable, will be of great use in ship-building. The best 
information on this particular wood will be of much importance, and 1 
should have much pleasure, if evidence were in its favour, to try and bring 
its merits forward here, and get it classed higher. 
““ What is the botanic name of the tree yielding this wood? Is it 
Hucalyptus Piperita or E. globulus, as both are said to be the producers 
of blue gum ? 
“ Believe me, 
“ Yours truly, 
““W. Wixson SaunpDErs. 
“J. Milligan, Esq.” 
Andrew Clarke, Esq., Private Secretary, then read the Instructions 
prepared by Dr. Boccius for the care and management of the tub of salmon 
and trout spawn, shipped per ‘‘ Columbus” for this colony by Her Majesty’s 
Government; the report sent in by the Master, Captain Smith, upon his 
arrival here; and a report drawn up by J. L. Burnett, Esq., after having 
examined the spawn tub and its contents, &c. Mr. Burnett recommends 
that the spawn should be shipped and sent off as early as possible in 
December, so as to make its passage through the warm latitudes before 
the ova are hatched, and that a separate tub should be prepared beforehand 
into which the young fry may be removed when they make their appear- 
ance, in order to avoid the bad effects of the putrescence which.must arise 
from the decay of a portion of the spawn, where many thousands of ova 
are placed for breeding out within such narrow limits as those afforded 
by the spawn tubs. 
Discussions followed. Thanks of the Society were ordered to be given to 
Captain Smith, of the ‘“‘ Columbus” for the great care, attention, and zeal 
displayed by him in his late endeavour to bring out salmon spawn alive to 
this colony. 
