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and accordingly, thougli some of them may well maintain a more 

 than local value for sleepers, wood-paving, etc., timber at present 

 appears among the imports rather than among the exports of the 

 colony. Other important species in this State are the Grey Box 

 and Bairnsdale Grey Box {Eucalyptus hemipMoia and E. Bosis- 

 todna), the Yellow Box {E, melUodora), the Stringybarks {E, macror- 

 rhynca, E, capitelldta, E, piperita and E. MueUeridna), the Silvertop 

 Ironbarks {E. Sieberidna and E. virgdta), the Spotted Gum (E, 

 goniocalyx), the Blackwood {Acdcia melanoxylon), and the Cypress 

 Pine {OdlUtris verrucosa). The forest-area of South Austraha, 

 where Eucalyiptus also forms the staple of the timber supply, is not 

 large. It is West Austraha, however, and especially its south- 

 western parts, from which we at present import the bulk of our 

 Austrahan timber-supply. Besides Sandalwood [Bdntalum cyg- 

 norum or Fusdnus spicdtus) to the value of nearly £30,000 annually, 

 sent mainly to China, West Austraha is exporting timber to the 

 value of half a million sterling, the chief species being Jarrah 

 {Eucalyptus margindta), which is officially stated to be the pre- 

 dominant species over 14,000 square miles. Karri {E. dimrsicolor) 

 occupying 2,300 square miles, Tewart {E, gompJiocephala) occupy- 

 ing some 500 square miles. Other species are the Bed Gum 

 {Eucalyptus calophylla), Wandoo (jE^. redunca), Blackbutt {E, pdtens), 

 York Gum {E, loxophUha), and Yate Gum (.E^. cornuta). 

 The timber areas in West Austraha are stated as : 



Jariah (with Blackbutt and Eed Gum), - - - 8,000,000 acres. 



Karri, 1,200,000 



Tewait, 200,000 



Wandoo, 7,000,000 



York Gum, Yate, Raspberry-jam, and Sandalwood, - 4,000,000 



This area is estimated to contain 62 miUion loads of mature 

 timber worth £3 per load, a total value, deducting I for waste in 

 sawing, of £124,000,000. 



Nearly one-half of the island of Tasmania (8,000,000 acres) is 

 timbered, seven-eighths of the woodland being under Government, 

 but the timber area is diminishing. The beautifully mottled, 

 durable Huon Pine {Dacrydium FrankUnii) has become scarce and 

 high - priced. The bulk of the timber exported consists of Stringy- 

 bark {Eucalyptus obliqua), sent in planks to Victoria, South Austraha, 

 and New Zealand ; but the most valuable timber of the colony is 

 the Blue Gum {E, globulus), which is abundant in the south of the 

 island. Other leading species are the Peppermint {Eucalyptus 

 amygdalina), Swamp Gum {E, rignans), Ironbark {E. Sieberidna), 

 Myrtle {Fagus Cunninghamii), She Oak {Oasuarina quadrivdlvis), 

 and Blackwood {Acdcia melanoxylon). 



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