BLACKBOY AND: ITS USES. 
Western Australia is in a position to supply annually thousands. of 
tons of clean “ Blackboy ” gum at a price which should meet the views of 
manufacturing chemists whose business includes the many valuable dis- 
tillates that can be obtained from the gum. Particularly in the matter 
of dye stuffs the capabilities of the resin should form the subject of a 
thorough investigation. ; 
A number of investigators have turned their attention to “ Blackboy,” 
pursuing inquiries into its chemical constituents and their commercial 
value and, utility. The outside sheathing of “ Blackboy” is rich in 
many directions, yielding, amongst other matters, drying oils and turpen- 
tine substitutes suitable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes, 
BLACKBOY (xanthorrhoes Preissii) Western Australia. 
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