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Indian Teak (Tectona grandis). 
This is the timber that figured so largely in the British Navy before the advent of iron ship building. 
It is a pale chocolate coloured, free working, comparatively light timber. It has a greasy feel to the 
touch, and is very durable in water. It is extensively used in railway carriage construction and gives 
every satisfaction. 
Its rival here is the Queensland Maple, which runs it very closely in the several tests made. 
V.—NEW TIMBERS SUGGESTED FOR COACHBUILDING. 
A Mountain Ash ( Eucalyptus delegatensis, R.T.B.). 
This is one of the tallest trees of the State, and is found on the western slopes of the Delegate and 
Snowy Mountains at an elevation from 1,000 to 5,000 feet. It has a stringy bark, which extends well up 
the trunk. The leaves are comparatively large and possess a very fragrant odour, which persists for years 
in the dried leaves. 
As a timber tree it is one of the best, for the wood is light-coloured, fairly hard, not particularly 
heavy, fissile, seasons well, works easy, is elastic, and so forms a good substitute for imported Ashes. 
It is used for house-building, show-cases, oars, golf-shafts, tool-handles, and its bending qualities 
are almost equal to American or English Ash, and is, in my opinion, a splendid timber for carriage work, 
and could be used in place of Ash and Hickory. 
White Ash ( Eucalyptus fraxinoides, H.D. et J.H.M.). 
A typical forest tree, having a smooth bark. It occurs on the south-eastern slopes of the Dividing 
Ranges. Specimens from the Clyde River, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Braidwood, Nimitybelle, are exhibited 
in this Museum. 
The timber much resembles that of E. delegatensis, R.T.B., but is perhaps a little lighter in colour 
and of a closer texture, and should prove a good substitute for American Ash ; it dresses well, is pale 
coloured, straight-grained, fissile. 
It is used locally for general house-building, casks, but is eminently suited for utilisation in many 
other branches of the timber industry, especially coachbuilding. In this connection it might be used 
wherever American Ash is employed. 
A Mountain Ash ( Eucalyptus oreades, R.T.B.). 
A splendid tree of the Blue Mountains, and one that attains its greatest size in the gullies, where it 
is found with splendid straight brancldets and stems. 
It is a pale-coloured, fairly hard timber, and of medium weight, and in texture resembles such local 
Ashes as E. delegatensis , R.T.B., and E. fraxinoides, H.D. et J.H.M. 
The trees found on the higher grounds are much more liable to gum veins than those growing on 
the lower levels. 
It bends well, and transverse tests give good breaking results, and I recommend this timber to the 
favourable consideration of the trade. It might be used as a substitute for some imported Ash. 
Giant Gum (Eucalyptus regnans, F.v.M.). 
A tree described by the late Baron von Mueller from Victorian specimens; Deane and Maiden 
place it with their species of E. fastigata, which occurs in New South Wales. 
A large log received at the Museum from Warburton cut up well, making some fine planks. It is a 
pale-coloured, medium-weight timber, fissile, easy working. 
It has been recently tested for golf shafts, the results being most satisfactory. 
For coachbuilding its bending capabilities have been tested by Messrs. D. Hardy and Sons, who 
report that it is a most satisfactory timber in this respect, and the specimens are exhibited here this 
evening. 
It should rank as a good substitute for American Ash. 
