HARDWOOD TIMBERS FROM ASIATIC SOURCES 95 
As. before observed, while a great. proportion of the 
supply is utilized for shipbuilders’ work, the consumption 
for other purposes has grown considerably and, not- 
withstanding the efforts of the Indian Forest Depart- 
ment, the supply from these well-guarded and systemat- 
ically arranged forests has rarely exceeded the demand, 
and the wood has shown, more particularly of late 
years, an almost continuous appreciation in value. 
Prices have reached such a point during the last few 
years, especially for the higher grades of the wood, that 
its uses have been somewhat restricted where it has not 
been an absolute necessity. Many substitutes have 
been of late tried, but, although several with excellent 
qualities have been put upon the market, none have 
approached Teak in its all-round good qualities, 
particularly in reference to its adaptation for use with 
iron. 
Two or three varieties of wood are at the present time 
being offered as substitutes: In or Eng wood, a pro- 
duct of Burma; Yang, another species of Eng, exported 
from Siam; and Krabark, a wood shipped from the 
latter country, but at present unidentified. These, 
all useful woods, are being slowly established, and, to a 
small extent, take the place of Teak in its minor uses. 
Serayah.—An unidentified wood imported in the 
form of planks from Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. 
It is of uniform reddish colour, open grained, and 
strong, and, though inclined to twist and warp, is fairly 
workable; it does not, however, take a finish, being 
coarse and occasionally of woolly texture. 
Amboyna—A scarce and valuable fancy wood 
obtained from one of the Molucca Islands bearing that 
name. The wood is received in the form of a burr, 
this woody excrescence being produced from an uniden- 
tified tree, which is presumed to be of coniferous growth. 
