Table IV.-ORDER. 



Name. 



X.„ 





I B 



A 



C, Band A 



North Coast. 













Blackbutt 



1 



12 



13 



10 



35 



Tallow Wood ... 



2 



15 



15 



10 



40 



Grey Gum 



3 



13 



12 



9 



34 



Grey Ironbark ... 



4 









17 



Blue Gum 



6 



16 



9 



8 



33 



Brush Box 



7 



9 



5 



5 



19 



Turpentine 



8 



3 



3 



13 



19 



Red Mahogany ... 



9 



14 



14 



14 



42 



White Mahogany 



10 



11 







34 



Colonial Teak ... 



11 



10 



16 



16 



42 



South Coast. 













Grey Box 



12 



6 



6 



2 



14 



Woolly Butt ... 



13 



2 



2 



2 



6 



Spotted Gum ... 



14 





7 



5 



13 



Turpentine 



15 









10 



Blackbutt 



16 



5 



8 





18 



Stringy Bark 



18 



6 



1 



15 



24 



Tahle V.— Order of Hardn 



1 Woolly Butt, S.C. 



2 Turpentine, S.C. 



3 Spotted Gum, S.C. 



4 Grey Box, S.C. 



5 Grey Ironbark, N.C. 



| Stringy Bark, S.C. 



the three planes A, B and 



Blue Gum, N.C. 

 t Grey Gum, N.C. 

 (White Mahogany, S.C. 



Blackbutt, N.C. 



Tallow Wood, N.C. 



Red Mahogany, N.C. 



Colonial Teak, N.C. 



A test was made on well seasoned New South Wales 

 hardwood timbers comparing them with Western Australian 

 jarrah. The specimens were obtained from samples kept 

 in tlit- Macleay Museum, cut from pieces which were tested 

 in 1889, and were therefore very dry. 



Table VI shows the results of testing these specimens in 

 direction A as used in timber pavements. We see from 

 this that spotted gum is the hardest of these four timbers 



