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the first limb grew 60 feet from the ground. The timber in tliis tree would be 

 worth £800 in the flitch on the Kempsey Wharf. This flitch weighed tons, 

 and was drawn to Green Hills by Mr. Henry Davis, and exhibited by Mr. 

 Kobert Campbell, of Warneton. 



Heinrich Sauer told me two years later that the top of the s,tump was about 

 10 feet from the ground, and that plenty of good cedar was cut from the 

 branches, which were the size of fair-sized trees. It is said that the selection 

 was chiefly taken up for the sake of this tree. 



Grows in scrub from 100 to 140 feet high, generally with good straight, round 

 "barrel, free from branches about three-fourths of its length. Usually very 

 sound when fallen ; must be chopped through spurs in the spring, or is liable 

 to spit when touching the ground. — (Robert Kiileski, Dorrigo.) 



The following note is taken from the Sydney Morning Herald of 25th 

 •October, 1861. While a big log — the big'gest logs were not transported far in 

 "the old days, for the reason that suitable appliances were wanting:: — 



Yesterday afternoon our attention was called to four logs of cedar — being a 

 portion of one tree — which had just been discharged at Russell's Wharf, Sussex- 

 street, from the iron schooner " Black Diamond," from the Richmond. We 

 understand that these are the largest logs ever brought to this market, and 

 measute 14,359 superficial feet. With one exception, they are irregular shaped, 

 the largest, which is 8 feet in length, measuring 1?, feet in circumference; the 

 next, 7 feet 10 inches in length, and 22 feet 4 inches in circumference; the 

 third, 7 feet in length, and 21 feet 9 inches in circumference ; the fourth, 9 feet 

 in length, and 4 feet square. Each piece weighs from 5 to G tons. It appears 

 that the tree was cut down about two years ago, but owing to its ponderous 

 weight there was no means of getting it removed until very recently, when an 

 extraordinary fresh occurring in the Richmond River it was floated down to 

 the vessel's side, and shipped with great difficulty, owing to the absence of 

 proper mechanical appliances. 



Habitat. — The best cedar is found from the Bellinger Eiver, northwards 

 to the Richmond Eiver, and throughout Queensland, especially in the 

 ■warmest and moistest districts. It is, however, found from the Illawarra 

 northwards, in the Shoalhauen gullies, Bulli JTountain, Kowmung, and 

 thence northwards in increasing abundance until the northern rivers are 

 reached. In localities to the south of Sydney the cedar is practically cut 

 out, the only remaining trees being in almost inaccessible situations. 



So far as I can learn, the most southern cedar tree in Xew South Wales is 

 at Tillowrle, Milton, on the property of my brother, William Cambage, growing 

 ■on igneous formation, and, of course, originally formed part of a brush. This 

 species had most to do' with first taking settlers to Milton and tJlladulla, and, 

 in fact, to many other coastal spots. — (R. H. Cambage.) 



An old log, cut forty years ago at Otford, on the Illawarra Line (30 miles 

 south of Sydney), and found a few years ago, was over 5 feet in diameter, 

 and almost perfectly sound. This is an instance of the proximity of 

 merchantable cedar to Sydney at one time. 



There is but little cedar on the Hawkesbury now; at one time it was 

 plentiful. At Saekville (just past Tizzana) is a large spreading red cedar 

 of several stem.s, by the banks of the river. This is one of the few remaining 

 Hawkesbury Eiver cedar trees. 



District Forester Swain, of Narrabri, says : — " I have found Eed Cedar 

 growing in the Parish of Vant, County Havires. I am wondering whether 

 this is not one of the most western localities in which it is known to grow." 

 This is just north of the Upper Manning River. 



