valuable forests. are ‘situated, but they are. ‘scattered: over à diflicult 
mountainous regi xa ‘Of these forests, the State p acres, 
e in a tertitory assigned to e KE . inhal 
ided that, in th 
E  mountai 
— the State sores ts. bar contain many species; Podocarpus 7 
and P. elongata, both known as yellow-wood, t dig. np mmonest, and 
their wood resembles that of the Eure At present the. 
great cost of transport prevents the. profitable: ted of. yello wood. 
Amongst the remaining T the two most valuable trees T "ES 
wood (Ocotea: bullata); so named on. account of the bad odour of 
rum ‘wood, an Syene lauraceous qneciees i with Pe benupisnd. 
at to d sneeze-wood, Pter- 
yl utile, an ally o of the horse-chestnut. These woods are also 
irn esteemed in ilie es Colony; optimis Kp. cart and waggon 
making, and can be worked at a profit even from t remote mountain 
forests. . Unfortunately these two species are oniy. sae here and 
there in the forests, sind. tharad is no large supply of th 
aa year r 1891- i.e sale of wood ay the Natal Forest Depart: 
the: iture was. 1  partly...for 
; owas. 1,94 
eta lett ‘aad: partly fo r the — of the forests. ` Owing to the 
area of sarests av 'ailables a the remote: position :of-the. State 
nea 
India this tree mena a height. of 107 feet.in. 19. years, and. yields 
8696 ‘clibie feet per This enormous aa of 457 cubic feet 
per acre annually was qiie in latitude 1 11” N: atoan altitude o 
7426 feet above sea-level. 5550 sono) 
In the higher latitude of ATA ina, os d i mà y^ Aramnbi 
i Liat 2 above sea-level, arid, according to. Mr, Fourcade, 
i res Eucalyptus Globulus, longi foli lict, and rostrata give an even 
highet oe eld' near Maritzburg than at Arambi, Mr. Sehó pflin doubts 
whether this will be the panes: bus at, an "ap phe gum- FB will give 
a ues. vie anf if the w ‘oe sal ofthe a conside 
-Timbe T dX ae, Natl: average: in ee 180,000 $ a year so 
enous forests are. small, much, b-divi d ay 
erations. This 
want.of funds, and the eri in the State nurseries, will 
t Besides Lucalypti, several Australian acacias su admin bly. iy i iy 
Natal, especially A: decurrens and mollissima ; their bark is. rich in 
tannin, anda plantation of 1,200-1,500 acres e these. trees has been 
started by a private company, -Near -the neighbouring, Teansyaal, gold- 
fields, Australian trees are being pnag a on A. enge: scale o. supply 
mine-props.. 
lon. ‘of rails, ib Natalie about 625. mijeoe and ‘the mountain, 
orests eoo a portion. eh Ai» Si re railway sleepers. .Xellow- 
wood must! be. kyanised, as been done-in the Cape Colony, . and 
2 — kyanising e can easily M > eee bile in Natal, and. wood, from 
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