INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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box woods of Ceylon in the Trop. Agric. 18 : 307-310, in which he 
listed the woods used for that purpose in Ceylon. In Borneo, the cutch 
companies have found that common grades of seriah are well suited 
for the manufacture of the packing cases in which they ship their product. 
In the Philippines, the wood of cupang ( Parlda roxburgliii) has been 
found to be very satisfactory for packing cases. 
BARRELS AND COOPERAGE STOCK. 
For loose barrels, much the same materials as for boxes may be used, 
if strong enough. Tight cooperage stock, however, is a much more dif- 
ficult proposition. There are plenty of woods in this region which are 
strong enough and which will make tight enough barrels, but they are 
usually highly colored and will give up their color readily. Thus far, 
I know of no tropical wood which is the equal of white oak for this 
purpose. This is a subject which needs to be worked up, as either the 
barrels or the material to make them now have to be imported from 
Europe or America. 
MATCH WOODS. 
Where the soft coniferous woods of the temperate regions are not 
available, it is somewhat difficult to get really good match woods. A 
few of the tropical woods are satisfactory. The following are used at 
Manila: Mala, papaya ( Polyscias nodosa.) which is much the most satis- 
factory both for the boxes and the sticks; teluto ( Pterocymbium tinc- 
toriumj pincapincahan ( Oroxylum indicum) ; and cupang ( ParJcia rox- 
burgliii). Besides these, the wood of Ganopliyllum falcatuni, found in 
the Philippines, blew Guinea, Australia, and Java, is said to be very 
good. 
PAPER PULP. 
Thus far the making of paper pulp has not become an important 
industry in this region; but, with the increasing scarcity of wnod for 
pulping purposes in other regions, it is bound to become important. 
Thus far, we know that various ones of the soft dipterocarps, as well 
as several other woods, are well suited for this kind of work. There 
are probably a number of woods which occur in some quantity in the 
region which are worth investigating for this purpose. 
DYEWOODS. 
A number of the highly colored woods are useful as dyewoods. 
Examples of these are sibucao ( Caesalpinia sappan), which furnishes a 
red or yellow dye; red sanders (P ter o carpus santalinus) and other 
species of Pterocarpus, which furnish red dyes; Adenanthera pavonina , a 
yellow or brownish dye; ipil ( Intsia bijuga), a brown dye; some species 
of Tcrminalia, yellow dye; tangal ( Geriops spp.), yellowish-red dye. 
The dyewoods are not of very great commercial importance, but they 
are used locally to a considerable extent. 
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