Lecoy, — The Forest Question in New Zealand. 



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Comparative Tables of the Intrinsic Values of Edropean and New Zealand 



Timbers. 



European Timbers. 





Strength 













Name. 



or Strain the 



Wood can bear 



without 



Elasticity. 



Weight, 

 per cubic foot. 



] 



Remarks, 





Fracture. 















lbs. 







lbs. 







Oak (Great Britain ) . . 



128-55 



127-01 





55-96 



(General mean of 

 all experiments. 



,, ,, 



178-66 



111-03 





46-87 



Special case. 



Beach „ 



129-66 



195-83 





43-37 







Ash 



169-2 



18007 





46-195 







Elm 



87-92 



82-22 





34-21 







Memel Deal . . 



144-25 



116 





36-77 







Eiga Fir 



89-96 



167-77 





46-46 







New Zealand Timbers. 







Strength 









Namf 





or Strain the 

 Wood can bear 



without 



Elasticity. 



Weight, 

 per cubic foot. 







Fracture 













lbs. 







lbs. 



Black Maire 



Olea apetala 



314-2 





273 



72-29 



Titoki 



Alectryon excelsum 



248 





229 



57-10 



Black Mapau 



Myrsive ajistralis 



243 





215-2 



60-14 



Manuka Lept 



ospermum ericoides 



289 





239 



59 



Eowai 



Sophora tetraptera 



207-5 





198-5 



55-11 



Tawa 



Nesodaphne tawa 



224 





204-5 



49-85 



Towai (Black Birch, Ota 



go) Fagus fusca 



232 





(214-05 

 (209-3 



(44-42 

 (50-96 



Towai (Black Birch, We 



Llington) ,, 



199 





Miro 



'^odocarpiis spicata 



197-2 





230-24 



49-07 



Eata Bl 



"etrosideros robusta 



217 





214-02 



60-10 



Matai Pod 



ocarpus ferruginea 



190 





156-22 



42-74 



Maire 



Eugenia maire 



179-7 





177-2 



49-24 



White Mapeui C 



''arpodetiis serratus 



177-6 





166-80 



51-24 



Kauri j 



Javimara australis 



180-96 





194-41 



38-96 



Eewarewa 



Knightia excelsa 



161 





199-29 



48-92 



Eed Birch 



Fagus vienziesii 



158-2 





116 



39 



Eimu (Wellington) Dacr 



ydium cupressinum 



168 





174-4 



38 



„ (Hawke Bay) 



,, ,, 



163 





136-7 



37-63 



,, (Dunedin) 



)) )) 



108 





124-3 



36-28 



,, (Canterbury) 



,, ,, 



66 





89-16 



47-34 



Totara (Hawke Bay) 



Podocarpus totara 



148 





113-99 



34-13 



,, (Wellington) 



,, ,, 



140 





163-8 



33-83 



„ (Canterbury) 



1) )t 



121 





94-74 



36-16 



Hinau E 



IcBocarpus dentatus 



125 





200-7 



3503 



White Pine Podoc 



arpus dacrydioides 



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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