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partly examined by Professor E. H. Rennie, of Adelaide, wlio obtained an acid from 
it by boiling with potash, which is not cinnamic acid, blit other duties have prevented 
the completion of the research. It is stated that the native bees use the oleo-resin 
for the purpose of varnishing the interior of cavities in the trees before starting to 
build their nests. It is a substance of special interest for its own sake, apart from 
the fact that it is one of the few exudations from our Australian Mvrtacese that are 
not kinos. 
Size. —Erom 120 to 180 feet is no uncommon height for this tree to attain. 
It often measures 20 to 30 feet in circumference, with great length of bole ; but such 
magnificent specimens are, within easy range of Sydney, usually found in gullies 
difficult of access. 
Habitat. —It extends throughout the coast districts from the Tweed to the 
Ulladulla district, arriving at its greatest luxuriance in deep gullies containing good 
soil, in which situations it is also found well into the mountains. Its southern limit 
is the head of Cockwhy Creek, between Ulladulla and Bateman’s Bay. It extends 
into Queensland. The return herewith gives valuable information concerning 
turpentine, and is a guide to the distribution of this timber. 
[No. of F.R. 
County. 
Area in acres. 
No. of P.E. 
County. 
Area in acres. 
43a 
Camden ... 
59 
5,612 
Hunter 
22,000 
78 
yy ... ... 
202 
33 
Macquarie... 
21,000 
172 
yy ... ... ... 
170 
34 
)) * * • * * * 
10,000 
173 
100 
144 
12,242 
203 
250 
233 
280 
207 
650 
234 
610 
209 
1,000 
235 
3,840 
211 
34 
46 
Northumberland ... 
15,267 
219 
50 
69a 
6,394 
27,726 
Cook 
6,080 
70 
32,822 
110 
Cumberland 
3,506 
128 
1,280 
112 
Dudley 
2,453 
136 
,, ... ... 
410 
158 
79,680 
216 
9,478 
3,753 
16,000 
217 
3,000 
14,537 
Dudley and Raleigh 
43,616 
5,310 
970 
196 
Durham ... 
10,000 
14,972 
6,150 
201 
22,440 
249 
Rous 
15,006 
202 
35,485 
129 
St. Vincent 
500 
642 
Fitzroy 
33,638 
10,616 
U ... ... ... 
43,295 
13,362 
Gloucester 
■ 3,730 
29,370 
Westmoreland 
70,500 
58 
Hunter 
6,120 
Propagation. —Erom seed, which is very freely produced. This tree is one 
of the best indigenous shade-trees in the State. It is gregarious, and its noble, leafy 
head makes it an ideal tree under which to put garden seats, or to serve as shelter 
trees for men or animals in a paddock, or as specimen trees, to give a park-like 
appearance to the land. It is one of those trees that should always be spared in 
clearing operations, unless its room is actually wanted. It is so different in appear- 
