Commissioners for Ne^w South Wales, Sydney. — A Collection of Commercial Timbers of N.S.W .-—continued. 
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Commercial Timbers of New South Wales in Merchantable Lengths— continued . 
Timber strong, hard, heavy, close-grained, and durable, almost impervious to 
white ants and teredo ; used for ship and boat building, piles, flooring-boards, 
weather-boards, planking, railway sleepers, bridges, wharves, and building 
purposes generally j one of the best and most valuable hardwoods. . rial)., 
open forests, chiefly on river banks, and rich alluvial flats, subject to inunda¬ 
tion, Murray and Edwards rivers, and most of the rivers of the interior ; 
plentiful; height, 100 to 200 feet ; diameter, 3 to 5 feet. 
Timlier, white, tough, soft, close-grained, and easily wrought; used for building 
purposes, kc. Ifnb., brush forests, northern coast districts ; moderately 
plentiful; height, 100 to 150 feet; diameter, 4 to 5 feet. 
Timber strong, durable, and easily worked ; prized for decks of vessels, flooring 
of verandahs, kc. ; light coloured, and useful for turning and furniture making ; 
one of the most useful of nur timbers. Hah., brush forests northern and 
southern const districts ; not very plentiful. Height, 120 to 150 feet ; diameter, 
38 to 80 inches. 
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. Eucalyptus rostrata . 
Myrtacea?. 
j Red Gum. 
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Ela'ocarpus grand is . 
( F. v. M.) 
Tiliaeea?. 
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Mountain ash . 
Beech . 
(F. v. M.) 
Terbenaowu. 
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(imelina Leichhardtii .. .. 
Beech . 
(F. v. M.) 
VerbenMMt. 
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Owenia cepiotlora .. 
Onion wood. 
(F. v. M.) 
105 
Rhus rhod.intbeina . 
(F. v. M.) 
Anacardisouw, 
Yellow Cedar 
Timber strong, durable, and easily worked : prized for decks of vessels, flooring 
of verandahs, kc ; light coloured, and useful for turning ami furniture making ; 
one of the most useful of our timbers. Hah., brush forests, northern stud 
southern coast districts ; not very plentiful. Height, 120 to 150 feet ; diameter, 
30 to 00 inches. 
<t valuable for oahinet work: of a red colour, and prettily marked, mH 
tiro* s very handsome ; is durable : when freshly cut it emits a peculiar odour. 
Hah., brush forests, northern coast district*; not plentiful; height, 100 to 
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Timber cl<>*« -grained ami durable ; takes a good polish ; suitable for carving, 
turning, cabinet, and fancy work, llnh., 
(riots ; not plentiful I height, M to tK> twt I 
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