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Comparative TABLES OF THE InTRINSIC VALUES OF EUROPEAN AND NEW ZEALAND 
TIMBERS 
EUROPEAN TIMBERS. 
Strength 
or Strain the S Weight, 
NAME. Miro Aw Pens Elasticity. per cubic foot. . Remarks, 
acture 
Ibs. Ibs. 
i 1 4 General mean of 
Oak (Great Britain ).. | 128-55 127-01 55:96 { E 
» 2 178:66 111-03 46:87 Special case. 
Beach 4 129-66 195:83 43:37 
Ash NE 69-2 80:07 46:195 
Elm ^ E 87:99 82-22 34:21 
Memel Deal .. xs 144.25 116 36°77 
Riga Fir ox 89-96 10771 46:46 
NEW ZEALAND TIMBERS. 
Strength 
or Strain the cem Weight, 
NAME. Meer I Elasticity. per cubic foot. 
Fracture. 
d lbs. Ibs. 
Black Maire Olea apetala 3142 273 72°29 
itoki Alectry elsum 248 229 57°10 
Black Mapau Myrsine australis 243 215-2 60-14 
Manuka Leptospermum ericoides 239 239 59 
Kowai Sophora tetraptera 207:5 198:5 55-11 
a Nesodaphne tawa 224 204-5 49-85 
Towai (Black Birch, Dus Fagus fusca 232 214-05 44°42 
Towai (Black Birch, W gion) ,, 199 {209.3 50-96 
Miro Pod spicata 197-2 230 49- 
Rata Metrosideros robusta 217 214-02 60-10 
Matai Podocarpus ferruginea 190 156-22 42°74 
i Eugenia maire 179:7 177:2 49:24 
White Mapeui Carpodetus serratus 177°6 166-80 51:24 
Kauri Dammara australis 180:96 ^ 194-41 38:96 
riis petes excelsa 161 199-29 48-92 
(W menziesii 158:2 s : a 
Rimu on Da cone essinum 168 174- 
» Ba) pide pig 163 136-7 37-63 
= 108 36-28 
» (Canter bee 2 m 66 89-16 47-34 
Totars (Hawke ae arene ed totara 148 113-99 34-13 
ne ellington 140 163-8 33:83 
^ (Canterbury) - 121 94-74 36°16 
i carpus den 125 : 200-7 35:03 
White Pine P seess Aaterra 136 155 31°55 
Several species of New Zealand timbers were not tested at the Dunedin 
experiments, such as puriri and manuao, or Westland pine, which are the 
strongest and most durable timbers in the colony. 
Irrespective of the economic values just stated, many descriptions of 
New Zealand indigenous trees possess remarkable beauty in grain, mark- 
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