20 Building Materials. 



are not so strong or even as those from Bangor, but more closely 

 resemble the Westmoreland slates. 



TILES. 



Efforts have long been made by Mr. Knight, the architect 

 and projector of the museum above referred to, to promote the 

 manufacture of colonial roofing tiles, such covering for build- 

 ings being evidently better suited to resist the powerful heat of 

 the summer sun in Victoria. Several specimens of tiles are 

 now being laid upon the roof of the museum, and it is expected 

 that their manufacture will to a great extent supersede the 

 employment of imported slates, or the most objectionable use 

 of galvanized iron. 



TIMBER. 



Information on this subject will be found in the Report on 

 the Indigenous Vegetable Productions of Victoria. 



