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When on a trip along the central North Coast districts some years ago, I 
published the note— 
Occurs from about Booral to Gloucester, and then along the coast at least as far as Kempsey. 
Irregularly distributed with Stringy hark ( E. eugunioides, Sieb.) on the ridges. Not often cut in the saw¬ 
mills, because it is heavy and hard to saw, perhaps also because it is often faulty. It is very durable 
timber, and is used for posts and rails, and also for palings. It is very durable in the ground, lasting 
longer than Red Mahogany. Mr. Forester Macdonald told me of round posts in the ground near Kempsey 
quite sound after thirty years. It is stated to gum the saw. 
The following letter was written to me by Mr. C. J. Cullen, of Ivincumber, 
some years ago :— 
There is on my land at Kincumber the remains of an old fence that I am credibly informed was 
erected fifty-five years ago (1892), and although most of it lias succumbed to wear and tear and bush fires, 
many of the posts and rails remaining are still quite sound. I am not sure how many kinds of timber 
were used, hut can identify some of the posts as “ White Mahogany,” a timber that, I believe, under 
favourable circumstances would last 100 years, in the ground or out of it.The tree has a 
rough bark of a yellowish-brown or ginger colour, and the wood is a pale yellow. It is excellent for any 
purpose in building except for sawn boards, as it chafes (sic) into concentric rings. It will do, however, 
for piles, girders, or sleepers, and will last double the time that Ironbark, Box, or Turpentine will. 
In the Kincumber (Gosford) district White Mahogany is a well-known 
timber, and the balance of evidence available to me shows that it is durable. At the 
same time there is no doubt that we can have inferior White Mahogany, just as we 
can have inferior kinds of other timbers. 
The Official Catalog?!,e of the Queensland Forestry M?tseum, 1904, says :— 
A large tree, with a fibrous persistent hark ; wood of a light brown colour, close grained, fairly hard, 
and very durable. 
Used for all kinds of building purposes, and for fencing posts and rails. 
Exudations.— The kino of this tree belongs to my Ruby Group. It is 
soluble both in alcohol and water. 
A few years ago I published the statement, “ This kino occurs in small 
quantity only, is of an amber colour when recently exuded, passing subsequently to 
red and black (Bancroft). I have never found enough for a full analysis, although 
I have searched for it for years ” ; but shortly afterwards Mr. W. R. Stacey sent 
me specimens of the bark and wood with a considerable amount of kino. It is 
evidently of rather local occurrence. 
Size. —It attains the dignity of a large tree, with a height of 100 feet, and a 
trunk diameter of 5 feet; but its usual size is much less. 
Habitat. —It is confined to eastern New T South Wales and Queensland. Its 
southernmost locality known to me is the Port Jackson District; its most northern 
is Rockhampton, Queensland, occurring in coastal districts and table-lands. Westerly 
I have it from Drake, near Tenterfield; but its range is worthy of further 
investigation. 
