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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 283, 21 July 1888, Page 3

for inspection at the offices of Lhc Soliuiloia fui the Company in Melbourne

and Auckland. The accompanying extracts indicate the opinions of competent authorities and tho flowing appieciation ot Kauri Timber iv the Colonies and Great Diitain. Applications foi Share* will be leceived until bhe 28th day of July inst. , which will bo deemed the date of application, by Mi. Geoige Holdship, at the OlUce.s of the Auckland Timber Company, L-nuted, iv Auckland, and through any of the Bickers of the Company. Dated at Melbourne, this 7th day of July, 1888. To ensure Prospectuses being forwarded to all Country Districts throughout New Zealand, the time for receiving applications for SHARES has been EXTENDED till SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th. EXTRACTS EEFEIQIED TO IN PROSPECTUS. Tho following extracts arc from the evidence given by Mr Allison Smith, Locomotive riupciinbendent on the Victorian Railways, bcfoie the Foiests Coinmi&sion in April, 1887 :—: — "\ our position, both in Now Zealand and here, afiouK you exceptional oppoit unities ot knowing bhe value of colonial tinibcs "'—Yes. Would you be good enough to u ay U any of the colonial timber- aie used in New Zealand .'—Nothing else but the colonial timber h osed. And what timber principally ? — For the framework, both of carnages and vvaggon^, blue gum and iionbaik. Giown w hete '.'---On this side. Homo of it comes from Tasmania, and Home from Now South Wales--jmi«'ih and some of the other gums aie u=cd. We do not know the names of them over thcic so well as they aie known heie, but all the eucalyptus timbcis arc u-ed exclusively for the fiaming of carnages and waggons, and nothing eltc has been used thcic foi the last twelve yeai?. You have spoken oi the fiamewoik : now as to the other parts .'—As to the other paits, we use kauii and rimu nrineipally. Are both these Now Zealand timbers ? — Yes, both of these arc New Zealand timbers. , That applies to the carriages '! — Carriages and wuggoiv Aie the sides of the waggon kauii also '!— Yes, both sides, cuds, and lloois. j Do you find that the wood answers as well as the hard woo J you have been speaking ot for frames ?— No, the^c timbeia rue pine.--, and aie not specially suitable f>r fiamewoik. They take the place ot tho Baltic [ limber which is used hcic for similar pmpot>c&. In Victoria ?— ln Victoria :so that jou are bringing interior timber all tho way irom the Baltic, when you can get New Zealand timber close at hand and of better quality. And ot what kind of timber are tho frameworks oi cariia^cs coiMi noted in Victoria ?— A lai^e quantity of blackwood has been umxl, and aho huge quantities ot tcakwood imported from Rangoon. Do you con&ider that the teak is equal to the haidwood of New Zealand ?-- There are many advantages m teak. It is a li^lit timber, and easily worked, but it if a. ■very c\pcn.-ivc one, and 1 think that, undci the circumstances, the balance would be in tavour of the colonial timber by a n cry long way. So that this curious state of lhint>s e\i f -ts at the present time in New Zealand —they aie consti noting cauiiige.s and waggons of Australian timbei, whence in Auntiaha aie oonsti noting our cauiages and waggons of Indian timber ?— INot waggon* — cania<j;e;r. Carnages only V— Ye- ; but in the waggons a great deal of timber from the Baltic is used. Notwithstanding that the Au-tialian timbei 7 — New Zealand timber is more suitable ior the sides mid cuds and floois. Bub for the frames ''—For the frames, blackwood is used from Ta&mania. I think you do not quite follow me. What I desire to put is this, that yo 11 state that in Now Zealand they u&e Australian timber for the frames . ; — Ye, And in Victoria they use what timbei ?—ln? — In Victoiia they use both black wooil and teak. But no Australian haidwood '.'—No, not Australian haidwood a& distinguished from blackwood. So that a country away from Australia is using Austialiau timber, while Australia itself is ignoring it 7 — Ye.°. Is it cheaper ? — Yes, and I like it better. What kinds do you recommend? — Ironbark gives the best results, but i^ they are well seasoned all bhe timbers arc good. I suppose you have had some tests applied to enable you Lo say s - o '.' — Yes many test?. Have you any Hguicri to show the lesults of those tests? — Yes. 1 have got them with me, bub I will put in a table. What quantity of Australian timber do you suppose could be used by the department per annum 7 — Do you mean used by the department itself, and also used for bhe department in the shape ol contracts 7 Quite so. — Tho quantity is enormous, but I cannot tell you without reference to the storekeeper. And you know no valid reason why it should not bo used? No; and, in fact, we have already built an experimental car to show that it can be done here, The Commissioners' carriage is built cntiiely of iionbaik and kauri. And that is a success 7 — Yes. And if it were adopted by tho Railway Department for sides and iloor.«, a large trade would bo developed ? — Yes, no doubt it would. Do those ligures apply to Victoria ? Is that the price landed here or the price in New Zealand ?—lt? — It is haid to say exactly. The mere cost of bringing it over in schooners from the Kaikoura or Auckland is not very great. It is only about five days by schooner. Docs anything of interest slrikc you about the question of timber ? -A point that has often suggested itself to me hero is that 1 see such enormous quantities of Baltic timber imported into tho colony of Victoria when there is really a very much better timber in the shape of pine wood co be got in New Zealand. A number of the pines which have been grown hero have been planted—have y,ou tried them ? — No, I have not tried them ; but they would not be large enough yet tor timber. You see tho great value of the kauri pine is that it grows about ISO feet long and pefectly straight ; and the trees grow as much as eighb feeb in thickness in bhe trunk, and there is not a single knot to be found in bhe timber at all. In which part of New Zealand are they to be found ?—ln? — In the North Island. If not useful to us, it would be to posteriby ? — Yes ; and ib is bho most useful timber I have ever come across anywhere. Ib i 3 useful for house-build-ing, for ship-building, for rolling-stock of every description ; in fact, for etfery purpose you can pub timber kauri is useful. Is it subjecb bo white ants ? — I do nob think so. We have no white ants in New Zealand, so I do not know whether it is subject to them or nob ; but I think not. It is full of resin. Would you recommend the planting of kauri, then, in preference to any other pine? — Yos. Ido not know a more useful treo iv tho world. I might say that the question of New Zealand timber has been writbon about by Dr. Hector ovor there j and would be any use to you, I might get one of hia roports.