MAEKINGS ON TIMBEE, ETC. 
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which means length 23 ft. and contents 27 cubic feet, 
y( = 10, )^ = 20, /%( = 30 (the crossed lines indi- 
cating 10 ft.); single strokes represent single feet, and 
where the cross meets the foot of a stroke, thus )(/ 15, 
or )((/ 25. In larger logs the strokes have often two 
crosses, thus 7^ = 60, or thus ^ = 80, and a notch 
above represents half a foot, thus 7////// = ft. 
Australian timber is marked with circles, and Tasmanian 
timber with diamond shapes on the ends, having within 
them the initials of the colony from whence they come, as 
well as the initial of the timber. The following are a few 
specimens : — 
Western Australia. 
Ironbark. Grey gum. Turpentine. 
Tasmania. 
Blue gum. Stringy bark. Peppermint. 
