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(a) HIGHER TABLELANDS. 
District Office, Tumut. 
In this locality the Eucalyptus leaves most favoured by stock are the following, 
in order of preference : 
1. E. polyanthemos (Round-leaf Gum or 'Red Box). 
2. E. tnelliodom (Yellow Box). 
3. E. macrorrhyncha (Stringybark). 
4. E. hemiphloia var. albens (White Box). 
None of the highland trees, such as Alpine Ash, Mountain Gum, &c., are eaten 
by stock, except the very young seedlings. 
W. A. W. DE BEUZEVILLE, Assistant Forester. 
E. gigantea (Alpine Ash) ; E. goniocalyx (Mountain Gum). 
District Office, Glen Innes. 
The following list shows the various Eucalypts most favoured in the various 
sub-districts : 
Glen Innes. Sheep are fond of the foliage of Ironbark and White Box, but 
these leaves are eaten by large stock only in time of drought when grass and herbage 
is not available. 
Inverell. Silver-leaf Ironbark (E. melanophloia), Silver-leaf Mountain Gum, 
Stringybarks, White Box, and Apple is the foliage most favoured by stock in this 
subdivision. 
Legume and Tenterfield. -Grey, Red, and Flooded Gum. 
Armidale. The species most favoured by stock are Apple and Grey Box. 
F, S. BOYD, District Forester. 
(For species probably referred to, see p. 454.) 
(b) COASTAL DISTRICTS. 
District Office, Moruya. 
During thirty years' experience on the coastal district of New South Wales 
(south of the Hunter River) the eating of Eucalyptus foliage by stock has not been 
observed or heard of by me. 
C. J. CLULEE, District Forester. 
District Office, Windsor. 
From investigations and personal observations, stock generally are not partial 
to the leaves of the Eucalypts growing in this district, which rarely suffers to any extent 
from drought. 
J. J. McLEOD, Assistant Forester. 
