57 
A TABLE 
Shewing the relative strength, weight, &c., of some of the most useful woods indige¬ 
nous to the North Island of New Zealand.* 
NAME OF PLANT, 
OR WOOD. 
■ 
tn 
A 
CO 
© 
a 
o 
-*2 
».2 
I 
BOTANICAL NAME. 
MAORI NAME. 
V. 
be 
a 
<a 
k 
OQ 
Ho 
p 
o 
H 
« 
ft 
w 
1 
ft 
CO 
Dammar* australis 
Kauri ». 
.. 
90 
99 
102 
lbs. 056. 
25 8 
.403 
« (best specimen) 
.. 
26 13 
.429 
Podocarpus Totara .. 
Totara 
•• 
49 
G1 
57 
39 5 
.629 
Podocarpus dacrydioides .. 
Kahikatea 
•• 
54 
68 
85 
81 1 
.497 
Dacrydium cupressinum , 
Rimu 
• • 
90 
81 
95 
34 6 
.560 
Podocarpus spicata 
Mataii .. 
.. 
73 
67 
61 
.. 
.. 
Podocarpus ferruginea 
Miro 
.. 
• 
• 
.. 
.. 
48 4 
.772 
Phyllocladus trichomanoidos 
Tanokaha 
.. 
98 
103 
134 
86 7 
.583 
Vitex littoralis 
Pnriri .. 
.. 
100 
100 
100 
52 5 
.837 
Leptospermum scoparium 
Manuka .. 
57 9 
.921 
Motrosideros tomentosa 
Pohutukawa 
.. 
120 
109 
94 
52 2 
.884 
Mctrosideros robusta 
Rata 
.. 
89 
103 
188 
.. 
,, 
Edwardsia grandiflora 
Kowhai .. 
43 13 
.701 
Weinmannia racemosa .. 
Towai 
43 6 
.674 
Woinmannia aylvicola 
Tawhero.. 
.. 
£ 
3 
9G 
99 
.. 
.. 
Dysoxylum spectabilo .. 
Kohekoho 
.. 
81 
72 
60 
.. 
.. 
Tetranthcra calicaris 
Tangeao .. 
.. 
89 
119 
160 
.. 
.. 
Knightia excels*. 
Rewarcwa 
5-1 
GO 
85 
53 15 
.683 
Olea Cunninghamii 
Maire raunui 
84 5 
.549 
Nesodaphne Tawa 
Tawa 
85 4 
.564 
Ncsodaphno Tarairi .. 
Taraire .. 
35 12 
.572 
Dodonaca viscosa .. 
Ako 
63 0 
1.011 
Myrsino australis 
Tipau 
•• 
78 
92 
108 
•• 
•• 
Note. The first 8 columns of figures are from the “ Church Almanac” for 1847; in which 
was made the standard of comparison.—Tho last 2 columns aro from 
W. W. Saunders’s Catalogue, in “ Report of Juries ” Exhibition, 1851. 
°X ft Series of Experiments on tho Strength of New Zealand and other 
Zealand ExhibHion le'o " M ‘ Balfour ’ C * E * '* A l>l )01ldix C., JURORS' REPORTS of the New 
