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TABULATED RESULTS— Continued. 



Botanical Name. 



Breaking 

 Ijoad in 



Modulus of 

 rupture in 



Modulus of 

 elasticity in 



Rate of 

 Load in 



(Common Name.) 



Pounds. 



lbs. per 

 sq. inch. 



lbs. per 

 square inch. 



lbs. per 

 minute. 



3. Callitris gtauca 



3,050 



6,010 



875,675 



210 



1. Athrotaxis selaginoides 



2,620 



5,458 



810,000 



238 



(King William Pine) 











2. do. do. 



2,580 



5,160 



822,857 



215 



3. do. do. 



3,000 



6,230 



845,217 



375 



1. Araucaria Cunninghamii 



6,735 



10,168 



2,659,977 



361 



(Colonial Pine, Hoop Pine) 











2. do. do. 



6,600 



12,963 



2,777,142 



414-5 



1. do. do. 



5,000 



10,000 



1,986,206 



455 



2. do. do. 



5,350 



10,700 



2,133,333 



446 



3. do. do. 



5,000 



11,250 



1,944,000 



500 



1. Araucaria Bidwillii 



3,210 



6,420 



1,028,571 



458 



(Bunya Bunya Pine) 











2. do. do. 



3,455 



5,695 



1,114,394 



575 



3. do. do. 



2,890 



4,480 



873,707 



578 



1. Dacrydium Franklinii 



4,5 15 



9,121 



2,445,283 



410 



(Huon Pine) 











2. do. do. 



4,350 



8,835 



1,620,000 



290 



3. do. do. 



3,000 



6,000 



1,270,588 



500 



1. Phyllocladus rhomboidalis 



5,000 



10,000 



1,600,000 



455 



(Celery Top Pine) 











2. do. do. 



5,470 



11,013 



1,728,000 



547 



3. do. do. 



5,050 



10,236 



1,690,434 



561 



J. Podocarpus elata ... 



4,254 



8,508 



1,053,658 



425 



(Brown Pine) 











2. do. do. 



3,390 



6,917 



1,403,508 



565 



3. do. do. 



4,450 



9,475 



1,366,875 



635 



FOREIGN 



1. Indian or Burmah Teak 

 3. do. do. 



1. American Hickory 

 do. do. 



American Ash 

 do. 

 do. 



Oregon 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



TIMBERS. 



14,145 



7,750 

 5,400 

 8,900 

 9,345 

 4,365 

 3,823 

 5,220 

 5,740 

 5,660 

 5,520 

 5,000 

 5,000 



10,200 

 17,508 

 19,536 

 9,936 

 8,238 

 11,185 

 11,557 

 11,472 

 11,076 

 12,149 

 12,637 



1,510,153 



1,278,178 

 2,797,814 

 2,880,000 

 1,257,398 

 1,041,111 

 1,570,810 

 2,250,000 

 1,991,803 

 1,854,077 



553 

 675 

 810 

 667 

 545 

 637 



441 

 514 

 613 



