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The next most likely species / 
to fulfil the necessary require¬ 
ments . 
7. Bischofia javanica. 
8. Terminalia paniculata. 
9. Lagerstroemia microcarpa. 
10. Lagerstroemia Flos-Regince, 
11. Lagerstroemia parvifolia. 
12. Lagerstroemia tomentosa. 
13. Hopea parviflora. 
14. Picea Morinda. 
15. Abies Pindrow. 
16. Pinas Khasya . 
17. Poeciloneuron indicam. 
( 18. Vitex altissima. 
19. Pterocarpas Marsupium. 
20. Albizzia odoratissima. 
21. PLardiviclcia binata. 
' 22. Anogeissus latifolia. 
CLASS I. 
Terminalia tomentosa. 
Terminalia tomentosa is found all over India and Burma having a 
very wide distribution, besides growing to a large size in many forests. 
The reports of Railway Engineers vary as to the quality of this timber 
for sleepers ; the majority estimate its life at 5 to 8 years 
III 
Possible Sleeper Woods. 
Mesua ferrea. 
Mesua ferrea , the Nahor wood of Assam, is used on the Assam-Ben- 
gal, Dibru-Sadiya, Tezpur-Balipara Railways and has been used by the 
Madras Railways. The Dibru-Sadiya Railway gives it a life of from 8 
to 10 years ; this is probably a somewhat high estimate. By laying down 
one thousand sleepers as an experiment on the South Indian Railway it 
was found that only one sleeper had decayed after 4 years. 
Dipterocarpus alatus. 
There are practically no past records of Dipterocarpus alatus. 
It is, however, thought to be mechanically strong enough to be of use 
for sleepers and is found in sufficient quantities in Burma to yield a large 
number of ties annually. 
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