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On the Conifera of Tasmania. 
“ I have been favoured by Mr. Hoy, who, in addition to great 
experience in his profession, possessed much practical knowledge, 
with the following calculation. He adds, that he is ot opinion, 
that twelve months’ work, agreeably to the subjoined calculation, 
could be obtained at King’s River alone, independently of what 
might be procured higher up the river: 
.£ s. d. 
Maintenance, &c., of eight sawyers and twenty- 
two labourers for twelve months. 647 0 0 
Saws, files, axes, wedges, &c. 250 0 0 
Freight of ten cargoes, at an average of one 
hundred tons each. 1500 0 0 
Total. 2297 0 0 
36,000 cub. feet of pine, at 2s. 6 d. per foot £4500 
140,000 superficial ditto, at id. per foot 2333 6833 0 0 
Profit. 4536 0 0 
So valuable was the Huon Pine in Hobart Town, that in 1827 
the Commandant was informed by Government, that it was more 
profitable to send supplies of that wood up, than to build vessels. 
Good oars are made at the settlement; trenails were also shipped 
in great quantities.” 
I am much gratified in being able to attach the name of the 
late excellent Governor of Tasmania to so remarkable a tree, and 
one, too, quite peculiar to that island, and belonging to a most 
interesting Natural Order. The services of Sir John Franklin as 
an officer, a traveller, and man of science, are too well known 
and appreciated to require comment here; but to his zealous 
co-operation in all the objects of the Antarctic Expedition, to the 
kindness shown by him, Lady Franklin, and their family, towards 
the officers of the Erebus and Terror, and to the unwearied zeal 
and unexampled liberality of both those enlightened individuals 
in forwarding the cause of science in that colony, it behoves me 
in duty and in gratitude to record my obligations. 
