Commissioners for New South Wales, Sydney. —Commercial Timbers of N.S.W., in merchantable lengths— continued. 
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Stock Hook 
Number. 
Botanical Name. 
Vernacular Name. 
315 
f 
1948 
Araucaria Cunninghamii .. 
Colonial Pine 
to 
320 
J to 
1953 
(Ait.) 
Coni f era-. 
Board. 
321 
to 
323 
1954 
to 
1956 
I)ysoxylon Fraserianum ... 
(Heath.) 
Meliacete. 
Rosewood. 
324 
to 
328 
1957 
to 
1961 
Cryptocorya obovata .j 
<R. «r.) 
Laurineie. 
Sycamore . 
329 
to 
331 
19G2 
to 
1964 
Eucalyptus maculata. 
(Hooker.) 
Myrtaeea*. 
Spotted Cum . 
332 
to 
334 
965 
to 
967 
Cryptocorya species . 
Pencil Cedar . 
333 
968 
Eucalyptus pilularis . 
Block butt. 
A- 
A 
(Smith.) 
M 
1169 
Myrtacea*. 
Economic Uses, &e. 
Timber strong and durable, but soon decays when exposed to alternate damp and 
dryness. Is largely used, and as a cheap, soft wood yields spars 80 ft. to 100 
feet long ; pale in color. Hah., northern New South Wales. Height, 150 to 
200 ft.; diameter, 24 to 48 inches. 
Timber rose-scented, red, strong, close-grained, and durable ; much valued for 
furniture-making, shipbuilding, turnery, and in-door work, &e. ; one of the 
largest and best of indigenous tiujl»er trees. Hab., brush forests, northern and 
southern coast districts; moderately plentiful. Height, 100 feet; diameter, 
4 to 0 feet. 
Timber light, soft, and durable ; used for flooring boards, staves, and inside house 
carpentry. Hab., brush forests, northern coast districts ; not plentiful. Height, 
60 to 7<) feet; diameter, 2 to 3 feet. 
Timber strong, close-grained, elastic, and durable; used for shipbuilding, stives 
of ca-k>. cubea for Street paring, girders, naves' of wheels, ,-art ami b uggy 
shafts, shingles, buildings ; the timber splits well ; the bark is spotted, hence 
the name. Hab., open forests, northern and southern coast districts ; plentiful. 
Height, 100 to 150 feet; diameter, 2 to 4 feet. 
TimU-r soft. doee, and easily worked ; often beautifully marked : silky and fine 
m the grain. Hab., northern districts of New South Wales. Height, 50 to 100 
feet; diameter, 24 to 36 inches. 
Timber excellent for house carpentry, bridge-planking, ships'decks, paving cul*cs, 
• ,s owning greatly into favour, and is consequently used largely ; is a valu¬ 
able itpc. ies of Eucalyptus, straight in grain, moderately heavy. Hab., open 
forests from Twofold K»y to the Hastings Kiver, and extending some distance 
inland. Height, l(JO to 200 feet j diameter, up to 1.1 foot (exceptionally). 
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