388 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 May, 1899. 
° Hickory (Hlindersia [filaiana). 
Swamp Mahogany (Tristania suaveolens). 
Serub Box (Zvristania conferta). 
Turpentine (Syncarpia laurifolia). 
Scrub Bloodwood (Balloghia lucida). 
Tulip-wood (Harpullia australis). 
Teak (Dissiliaria balloghioides). 
Johnstone River Hardwood (Hugenia Bancroftit). 
Serub Ironwood (Myrtus Hilliz). 
Lignum vite (Vitex lignum vite). 
Ail of these are being yearly felled and burnt off in the interests of 
agriculture; but a day will surely come when they can be put to some profitable 
use. Perhaps the following note from the Toronto Globe (Canada) may 
attract the notice of some enterprising saw-mill proprietors. At all events, 
the idea there set forth is well worthy of notice :— 
As the pine-tree was “ passing,” no industry turned up of great magnitude 
to create a value for the standing hardwoods remaining on the stump (says the 
Toronto Globe). The pine vanishing left a weird-looking crop of hardwoods 
untouched by the lumberman’s axe, and despoiled of much of its commercial 
worth by King Coal. It also too often fell a prey to the destructive bush fire. 
A uew industry is being opened up to bring it into prominence and value, 
Tt has been found that the wood, especially beech, birch, and maple, cut into 
thin veneers, and cemented together three-ply, the thickness of the whole about 
;°; inch, make very superior packing cases for carrying all kinds of heavy and 
light merchandise. To show that this is a very large field, it is stated that 
about 40 per cent. of the pine now cut finds its way into packing cases. This 
veneer box is waterproof for all practical purposes, it is less bulky, more 
durable, and much lighter than the 1-inch pine packing case now in use. By 
this reduction of weight, the saving in freight and express charges over long 
distances, it is claimed, will give the shipper his packing case free of cost, 
which is a consideration in the expense account not to be overlooked. A 
veneer factory solely for this purpose, worked by an English company, has 
already made its appearance in Toronto. Another mill, by a different Enelish 
company, is being built in the easterly section of New Brunswick, where 
hardwoods abound close to the seaboard, from where shipments to England, 
the great user of packing cases, can be economically made by water the year 
round. Here the veneer is manufactured, cut into sizes, and shipped to the 
London factory, where the cases are put together and distributed. 
Entomology. 
QUEENSLAND CATTLE TICKS. 
We have received from Mr. P. R. Gordon Chief Inspector of Stock, the 
following highly interesting report by Mr. Claude Fuller, FE.ELS., Assistant 
Government Entomologist, Cape Town, on ticks which were fowarded to him — 
from Queensland by Mr. Gordon and Mr. Pound, Director of the Queensland 
Stock Institute. In his accompanying letter to the former, Mr. Fuller says :— 
