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A TABLE 
Shewing the relative strength, weight, &c., of some of the most useful woods indige- 
nous to the North Island of New Zealand,* 

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NAME OF PLANT, OR WOOD. y - R=) Fe 
. : mR a=) a 
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oO tp a oO 3 
€)/e| P| Fels 
BOTANICAL NAME. MAORI NAME. pe 5 ° Ea ‘S 
wm m <a) o fF 
m 
eS | SSS —————— = x —_———— 
lbs. 02. 
Dammara australis Kauri ,. 90 99 | 102 -| 95 38] .408 
” +» (best specimen) Fy Be 3 * -- | 26 18] .429 
Podocarpus Totara Totara .. + 49 61 57 | 89 6 | .629 
Podocarpus dacrydioides .. Kahikatea : 54 | 68 | 8 | 81 1] .497 
Dacrydium cupressinum . Rimu ,. ee 90 81 95 34 6] .560 
Podocarpus spicata Mataii .. ae 73 67 61 
Podocarpus ferruginea -- | Miro ae ‘ . : 48 4] .772 
Phyllocladus trichomanoides Tanekaha 98 | 108 | 134 | 36 7| .588 
Vitex littoralis -» | Puriri 100 | 100 | 100 | 52 5] .887 
Leptospermum scoparium Manuka .. i. 57 9 | .921 
Metrosideros tomentosa -- | Pohutukawa at 126 | 109 94 | 52 2] .934 
Metrosideros robusta Ae Rata <é - 89 | 103 | 188 ob 
Edwardsia grandiflora Kowhai .. ° : 43 13] .701 
Weinmannia racemosa .. Towai ‘ 48 6] .674 
Weinmannia sylvicola Tawhero .. 98 96 99 
Dysoxylum spectabile Kohekohe ie 81 72 60 
Tetranthera calicaris Tangeao .. * 89 | 119 | 160 : 
Knightia excelsa , g Rewarewa 54 60 85 | 53 15 | .683 
Olea Cunninghamii ,. *. Maire raunui 34. 5 | .549 
Nesodaphne Tawa a> Tawa 35 564 
Nesodaphne Tarairi .. -- | Taraire b Pa 85 12) 572 
Dodonea viscosa Ake 63 8 |1.011 
Myrsine australis .. Tipau 78 92 | 103 re 

NotE.—The first 3 columns of figures are from the “ Church Almanac” for 1847; in which 
Vitew littoralis was made the standard of comparison.—The last 2 columns are from 
W. W. Saunders’s Catalogue, in “ Report of Juries,” Exhibition, 1851. 
* See, “ The Results of a Series of Experiments on the Strength of New Zealand and other 
Colonial Woods ; by Jam 
Zealand Exhibition, 1865.” 
es M. Balfour, C.E.; Appendix C., JURORS’ REPORT'S of the New 
