XXII.] 



KRANJI. 



very plain. It would take a high polish, and, except 

 for the almost total absence of " figure " to give it beauty, 

 it would be valuable for the manufacture of furniture, or 

 any ornamental purposes. The Kranji is chiefly used in 

 Borneo for ship and house-building, but would be useful 

 in a general way, and seems likely to prove fit for many 

 of our requirements. 



Table LXXIV.— Red Kranji (Borneo). 

 Transverse Experiments, 



Remarks.— Nos. *, 5, and 6 broke with very long fracture ; 2, 3, and 4 much shorter^ 

 and scarph-like. 



Only one piece of Kranji was tested for tensile 

 strength, and that proved equal to a strain of 10,920 lbs, 

 on the square inch. None were tried under the vertical 

 or crushing strain. 



KAPOR OR CAMPHOR {Dryobalonops aromatica) 



is found also in the island of Borneo, and was imported 

 in 1860-61 with the Chow, Pingow, and Kranji ; it is of 



