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It grows upon an average of about 60 feet high and from 6 to 7 feet in girth.—(Forester H. R. 
Huxham, late of Grafton.) 
In some places in the County of Richmond the tree grows to a great height; I should think fully 
150 feet.—(Forester W. F. Crowley, late of Casino.) 
Tallow-wood, as a rule, grows tall and straight. I estimate the approximate height at 250 feet, the 
girth at 10 feet.—(Forester W. P. Pope, late of Murwillumbah.) 
llabitllt.—It is confined to New South Wales and Queensland, and does not 
usually extend more than 20 or 30 miles inland. 
The most southerly locality is Cooranfiong, 26 miles south of Newcastle. It 
again occurs at Port Stephens and thence along the coast ranges until Queensland 
is reached. In Queensland it is plentiful on most of the coastal ranges and other 
ridgy country. There is a large quantity of handy size and excellent quality on 
Fraser’s Island. 
Along the northern road, first noticed 1 mile south of Booral. Attains its 
greatest luxuriance near the coast and further north. While usually very yellow— 
almost canary-yellow—when freshly sawn, there is a good deal of Tallow-wood of a 
reddish cast on the northern rivers; and so intermixed is it with the yellow kind 
that in some places it would be difficult to fill a large order for Tallow-wood of one 
tint only. 
The only place in my district in which Tallow-wood is to be found is an area about 4,000 acres in 
the neighbourhood of Cooranbong, 26 miles south of Newcastle. I believe that Tallow-wood crops up again 
at Port Stephens, so that there is a gap between the two places (Cooranbong and Port Stephens) where 
Tallow-wood does not grow, and why it should be found only about Cooranbong is more than I can tell. 
The Tallow-wood here grows in patches,—is not plentiful. Appears to like sheltered, well-drained localities, 
such as banks of creeks, heads of gullies, and spurs of ranges,—soil sandy loam enriched with leaf mould.— 
(Forester John Martin, late of Gosford.) 
It occurs, more or less, all through this district, excepting on its higher elevations on its north¬ 
western parts, but is now most prevailing between Bullahdelah and Cooloongolook, and in the southern 
parts of the Parish of Alfred, commencing about 14 miles in a northerly direction from Dungog. 
The best and largest timber is usually found in undulating scrubby foi’est country. 
In localities mentioned it is in considerable quantity, but in most places, near to mills, it is getting 
relatively scarce since it is a favourite, as it cuts and turns out well. It fetches a higher price than most 
other timbers.—(Late Forester A. Rudder, Booral.) 
It extends from about 8 miles south of the Macleay River to about Johns River, a distance of 
about 45 miles, and backwards about 10 miles. 
In abundance about next to Blackbutt, and an average of two per acre, averaging from 20 to 25 feet 
to first branch.—(Forester G. R. Brown, late of Port Macquarie.) 
It grows pretty well all over this district, but is now rather scarce in the vicinity of water carriage, 
but plentiful further back.—(Forester H. R. Huxham, late of Grafton.) 
It is found plentifully scattered all over the flat country in the County of Richmond. It is also 
growing in a few places in the Counties of Rous, Drake, and Buller.—(Forester W. F. Crowley, late of 
Casino.) 
It is to be found in all stages of growth (up to 10 feet girth) on the eastern falls of Glen Innes 
and Tenterfield Districts in fair quantities.— (Late Forester E. J. Deverell, of Glen Innes.) 
The tree flourishes on the eastern slopes of the Table-land, also close to the black brushes below, 
where the soil seems particularly suitable for its production, doing where well drained, the land being 
