336 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES, [ch. xxxix. 
approximately of any known quantity of raw material 
upon hand. 
Example:—8,obo cubic feet of hewn or square 
timber (Dantzic Fir) is. - . 8,000 X '700= 5 > 6 °° cubic 
feet of converted timber. 
Also, if the figures in column B are used as multi¬ 
pliers with the hewn or square timber, the approximate 
waste in the conversion of it will be obtained. 
Example :—Dantzic Fir, 8,000 X -300 = 2,400 cubic 
feet waste in slabs and sawdust. 
Table CLXXIV. 
Showing the Uses of the Principal Woods described in 
this Work. 
SPECIES. 
WHERE GROWN. 
USES. 
Acle . 
Philippine Islds. 
Naval and civil architecture. 
Aki 
New Zealand 
Turnery, agricultural implements, 
clubs, and spears. 
Alder . 
Britain 
Carpentry, piles, packing cases, 
turnery. 
Angelique . 
French Guiana . 
Suitable for constructive purposes 
in lieu of African, Mahogany, 
or Teak. 
Angelim-vermeth 0 
Brazil 
Naval construction. 
Annan. 
Araribo - ou - poto- 
Burmah 
Constructive purposes generally, 
gun carriages, &c. 
muju 
Brazil . 
Cabinet work, domestic arts. 
Araribo-roza 
Britain 
Ash, British. 
Coach and wheelwrights work, 
agricultural implements, do¬ 
mestic arts, turnery. 
,, Canadian 
Canada 
As Ash, British, boats’ oars, &c. 
,, American . 
North America . 
,, ,, boats’ oars, best 
sort, &c. 
Balata . 
Trinidad . 
A substitute for plain or inferior 
African or Mahogany. 
