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TABLES.

Table 1.—Shipment Description of New-Zealand-grown Woods, together with Common and Botanical Names of all Woods referred to in Report.

Table 2. —Major Physical Properties of Woods.

New Zealand I Name of S P ecies - Quantity (in Cords). Madison Identification ; ; Shipment No. m •!? ar Common. ; Botanical. Logs. | Slabs. NEW-ZEALAND-GROWN WOODS. 1208 5 Rimu .. .. Dacrydium cupressinum 2 1209 5 Rimu .. .. Dacrydium cupressinum .. 1 1210 6 Tawa ... Beilschmiedia tawa .. 3 1211 4 Insignis pine .. Pinus radiata .. 3 1212 2 Austrian pine .. Pinus austriaca .. 1 1213 1 Corsican pine .. Pinus laricio .. 1 1214 3 European larch .. Larix europea .. 1 AUSTRALIAN WOODS. I .. I Blue-gum .. .. I Eucalyptus globulus .. j .. I | .. i Tasmanian stringybark j Eucalyptus obliqua .. I .. | NORTH AMERICAN WOODS. 1190 .. White-spruce .. Picea canadensis Black-spruce .. Picea mariana Hemlock .. .. Tsuga canadensis Jack-pine .. .. Pinus Banksiana Aspen .. .. Populus tremuloides Maple 1 .. .. Acer saccharum Western larch .. Larix occidentalis Balsam fir .. .. .. .. .. '

I Species. j Determination. Density (oven-dry). Moisture (green). NEW-ZEALAND-GROWN WOODS. lb. per cubio in. . Per Cent. Rimu .. .. As received .. .. 31-7 67 New Zealand average .. 31-2 102 Rimu slabs (seasoned) .. As received .. .. 31-7 14 New Zealand average .. 31-2 16 Tawa .. .. As received .. .. 32-2 35 New Zealand average .. 33-3 63 Insignis pine .. .. As received .. .. 24-5 117 New Zealand average .. 26-0 102 Austrian pine .. .. As received .. .. 26-6 110 New Zealand average Corsican pine .. .. As received .. .. 26-8 111 New Zealand average .. 29-0 European larch .. .. As received .. .. 27-5 60 New Zealand average .. 27-0 NORTH AMERICAN WOODS.* White-spruce .... .. 24 Black-spruce .... .. 23 Hemlock ...... . ■ 24 Jack-pine .... .. 24 Aspen ...... .. 23 * " The Suitability of American Woods for Paper Pulp," Bulletin No. 1485, U.S.A. Department of Agriculture.