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1886. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND TIMBERS, BARK, AND SECONDARY FOREST PRODUCTS (REPORT ON), BY T. KIRK, F.L.S., CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF STATE FORESTS.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

A CATALOGUE OF NEW ZEALAND TIMBEES. A descriptive work on the indigenous timbers of the colony is now being prepared, so that it is not desirable to present detailed descriptions in this report. The enumeration here given shows the systematic name of each kind, also the names commonly applied by the Natives and settlers.

I.—Timbers of Great Durability.

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Native Name. Settlers' Name. Systematic Name. Family. Section 1. — 8'< dtabla for General Building Purposes. Agathis australis, Lam. ... ... j Podocarpus Totara, A. Cunn. ... ... \ Podocarpus spicata, Br. ... ... \ Libocedrus Doniana, Endl. Libocedrus Bidwillii, Hook. f. ... Phyllocladus trichomanoides, Don. Dacrydium Colensoi, Hook. Dacrydium Kirkii, F. Mueller ... Dacrydium Westlandicum, T. Kirk Dacrydium intermedium, T. Kirk I Coniferee. it it it tauri -.. 'otara latai;,. [awaka Kauri ... i Totara ... Black-pine Cedar it 'anekaha » • ■' lanoao Manoao n lt ... Westland pine... Yellow silverpine Section 2. — For i Constructive Works and Special Purposes. Puriri... Tawhai-raunui ■.. Tawhai Eata i.. a • •' * • * Pohutukawa Maire-raunui ... Maire... N.Z. teak Tooth - leaved beech Entire-leaved beech Kata ... Ironwood Pohutukawa ... Black maire White maire ... Mountain maire Tea-tree Maire-tawhake Kowhai Vitex littoralis, A. Cunn. Fagus fusca, Hook. f. Fagus Solandri, Hook. f. Metrosideros robusta, A. Cunn. Metrosideros lucida, Menzies ... Metrosideros tomentosa, A. Cunn. Olea Cunninghamii, Hook. f. ... Olea lanceolata, Hook. f. ... ... \ Olea montana, Hook. f. Leptospermum ericoides, A. Bich, Eugenia Maire, A. Cunn. Sophora tetraptera, Aiton. Verbenaceaa. Cupuliferae. // Myrtacese. it a Jasminero. it Myrtaceas. a LeguminosEe. n • • • * * * Kanuku Maire tawhake.., Kowhai