largely available. Paper made from the bark answers for 
packing and perhaps for printing. Samples of wood spirit, 
acetic acid, tar, charcoal, &c., prepared at the Phytochemical 
Laboratory of the Botanical Gardens under the directorship of 
Baron von Mueller, are in this Museum. The essential oil and 
other extracts from and preparations of the foliage of Eucalyptus 
globulus, are already of world-wide repute, mainly through 
Jas. Bosisto, Esq., J.P., M.L.A. Much valuable information in 
reference to these products will be found in the various official 
records of the Victorian and Intercolonial Exhibitions of 1861, 
1866-7, 1872, and 1875. Mr. Bosisto contributes essential oil, 
Eucalyptol, Eucalyptic acid, liquor Eucalypti globuli, and Mons. 
Ramel cigarettes. A ton of dry wood yields about 4-J lbs. pearl- 
ash or 2f lbs. of pure potash. Weight of a cubic foot of dried 
wood from 43^ to 45^ lbs. 
