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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Botany 
  , 
  

  

  colony, 
  attains 
  largo 
  dimensions, 
  and, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  wliito 
  pine, 
  is 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  colony 
  for 
  inside 
  work 
  and 
  other 
  purposes 
  whero 
  

   great 
  durability 
  is 
  not 
  requii-ed, 
  but 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  to 
  an 
  extent 
  commensurate 
  

   with 
  its 
  actual 
  ments. 
  Unfortunately, 
  in 
  the 
  converted 
  state 
  it 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  

   the 
  ravages 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  boring 
  beetle. 
  The 
  tawa 
  forms 
  fully 
  one-fifth 
  of 
  the 
  

   entire 
  forest 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Island, 
  but 
  can 
  scarcely 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  utilized 
  in 
  

   any 
  way 
  except 
  for 
  firewood. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  over-estimate 
  the 
  advantages 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   the 
  utilization 
  of 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  neglected 
  material 
  ; 
  and 
  with 
  this 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  I 
  venture 
  to 
  suggest 
  the 
  desirability 
  

   of 
  experiments 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  being 
  undertaken 
  by 
  the 
  Public 
  Works 
  

   Department, 
  the 
  more 
  especially 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  small 
  cost. 
  A 
  

   cistern 
  containing 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  chloride 
  of 
  zinc, 
  pyrolignite 
  of 
  iron, 
  chloride 
  

   of 
  lime 
  or 
  kreosote, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  successfully 
  employed 
  in 
  Europe, 
  might 
  

   be 
  elevated 
  some 
  eighteen 
  or 
  twenty 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  logs 
  to 
  be 
  

   operated 
  upon 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  a 
  cap 
  firmly 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  each, 
  the 
  cap 
  being 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  pipe 
  with 
  the 
  tank 
  above, 
  when 
  

   the 
  pressure 
  of 
  the 
  solution 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  level 
  would 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   drive 
  out 
  any 
  sap 
  that 
  might 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  timber, 
  which 
  would 
  then 
  

   become 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  preserving 
  agent. 
  

  

  Our 
  white 
  pine 
  is 
  greatly 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  spruce, 
  and 
  would 
  

   successfully 
  compete 
  with 
  the 
  best 
  Baltic 
  white 
  deal 
  in 
  the 
  English 
  market, 
  

   if 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  supplied 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  rate, 
  say 
  to 
  sell 
  retail, 
  at 
  from 
  12s. 
  6d. 
  

   to 
  13s. 
  per 
  100 
  superficial 
  feet. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  shipped 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  2J 
  

   by 
  7, 
  3 
  by 
  7, 
  3 
  by 
  t), 
  or 
  3 
  by 
  11 
  -inch 
  planking, 
  or 
  in 
  bulk. 
  Wider 
  

   planks, 
  say 
  14 
  to 
  20 
  inch, 
  Avould 
  fetch 
  proportionately 
  higher 
  prices. 
  It 
  

   would, 
  however, 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  present 
  high 
  rate 
  of 
  freight, 
  but 
  

   as 
  ships 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  leave 
  our 
  ports 
  in 
  ballast, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  lower 
  

   rates 
  might 
  occasionally 
  be 
  obtained. 
  A 
  gentleman 
  engaged 
  in 
  supplying 
  

   the 
  Kaipara 
  mills 
  with 
  kauri, 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  should 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  deliver 
  

   kahikatea 
  logs 
  at 
  Is. 
  Gd. 
  per 
  100 
  feet 
  superficial 
  ; 
  so 
  that, 
  allowing 
  for 
  

   waste 
  and 
  cost 
  of 
  conversion, 
  the 
  planking 
  might 
  be 
  turned 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  mill 
  

   at 
  4s. 
  6d. 
  per 
  100 
  feet, 
  but 
  even 
  this 
  would 
  require 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  rate 
  of 
  freight 
  

   to 
  allow 
  of 
  a 
  fair 
  profit 
  to 
  the 
  consignee. 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  mention 
  a 
  singular 
  instance 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  our 
  railway 
  system 
  has 
  promoted 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  our 
  neglected 
  

   resources. 
  In 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  colony, 
  except 
  Auckland, 
  the 
  rimu, 
  or 
  red 
  

   pine, 
  has 
  long 
  formed 
  the 
  chief 
  timber 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  furni- 
  

   ture, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Auckland 
  district 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  completely 
  

   neglected. 
  Even 
  within 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Auckland, 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  noble 
  trunks, 
  from 
  forty 
  to 
  sixty 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  of 
  large 
  

  

  