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Inierior only to Brush Box for hewn trolly wheels for timber (Kempsey). 

 Used for knees (Laurieton). An engineer, who has laid down very lari^a 

 areas of wood-blocking, prefers this timber to all others for the purpose. 



Tallow-wood timber is yellow in colour, with a peculiar greasy feel — is used 

 :generally for public works, building of bridges and culverts, also for house 

 building, slabs, posts, and sawn stuff generally, but not flooring boards. Tallow- 

 wood is considered to be very durable, and stands well in exposed places. 

 White Mahogany is often passed off for Tallow-wood. It has been said against 

 Tallow-wood that it does not hold nails well. (Forester John Martin, late of 

 Gosford.) 



I know of no timber that suffers so little, naturally, after being cut down, 

 even if left for many years ; especially In moist shady places the duramen 

 under the sap and bark is still found as fresh as in the growing trees. The 

 •charcoal from Tallow-wood is considered one of the best for the smithy. 

 (Late Forester A. Rudder, Booral.) 



It is th« only timber we have of a greasy nature ; and it has the effect, when 

 being worked, of cleaning and keeping clean tools such as saws, &c., which have 

 got gummed In working other timbers. It is fairly durable in fresh water. It 

 is generally preferred to Blackbutt for the same uses it is put to. (Forester 

 G. R. Brown, late of Port Macquarie.) 



The timber is very lasting both in and out of th'e ground, and is very valu- 

 able for bridge decking, posts and rails, but is rather hard for splitting. It is 

 also cut for mill timber, but many trees are faulty, especially those that have 

 ■bumps growing out of the barrel. (Forester W. F. Crowley, late of Casino.) 



The " roads " of white ants to within i of an inch of the sapwood are a 

 grieat drawback to the value of the timber. It appears to suit white ants 

 exactly. There Is generally a huge nest of them in the head; it seems to be 

 the first timber they attack. (Forester W. P. Pope, late of Murwillumbah.) 



Exudation. — The " gum " or " kino " from the Tallow-wood is one of the 

 anost interesting of such substances. I do not think it is of such medicinal 

 value as those from most other Eucalypts, but it is of considerable scientific 

 interest. In bulk it looks remarkably like a parcel of uncut garnets. Owing 

 to its friability, the bright fractures become dulled with very little friction ; 

 the colour of the powder is orange-brown. 



Size. — Mr. (S^orge S. Hill, of Wingham, quotes the size of a Tallow- 

 wood: — Girth (3 feet from surface), 26 feet. It was growing 1,800 to 2,000 

 feet above sea-level on Bulga Mountain, head of Ellenborough Eiver, and 

 he adds that he hears that the Tallow^woods are much larger some distance 

 beyond this. 



It is a tree of exceptionally large size, up to 25 feet in circumference by 180 

 to 200 feet in height. (Of twenty-five trees I measured at 4 feet from the 

 ground the average circumference proved to be 17 feet 2 inches). (Late 

 ^Forester A. Rudder, Booral.) 



A Tallow-wood tree in the forest near Lansdowne Eiver we measured by 

 tape, and found to be 30 feet 4 inches in girth at 3 feet from the ground, 

 .and 27 feet 3 inches at 6 feet. We estimated its height at 1.50 feet. This 

 tree is, to outward appearance, sound, though the heart has probably gone. 



We noted some logs from the mountain lying at the wharf on the Lans- 

 downe River. Following are their measurements: — ^A Tallow-wood, at 14 

 feet from the ground, w§s 13 feet 8 inches in girth. From this one tree 106 

 running feet of log were cut up at the mill. A second Tallow-wood was 

 13 feet in girth at 12 feet from the ground, and had an 11-inch pipe; 118 

 Tunning feet of log were cut from this tree ready for the mill. 



There were twenty Tallow-wood logs of varying lengths lying on the 

 -wharf, and we do not doubt that there were 2,000 feet of timber in each log 



