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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.—SHIPMENT AND FOREST DESCRIPTIONS. SHIPMENT DESCRIPTION. Trees collected por Investigational Purposes.

FOREST DESCRIPTION. (1926) The Exotic Softwoods collected for Pulping Tests. Whakarewarewa. Locality. —Whakarewarewa, Rotorua Forest Conservation Region. Situation and Altitude. —Situation : Near Rotorua. Altitude : About 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Climate. —Rainfall: Moan annual, 55-11 in. Temperature : Annual mean, 54-8° F. Sunshine : Mean, 2,055 hours. Stand. —Block: 22. Compartments: 1, 2, 3. Areas: 132 acres, 108 acres, 305 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Species : Pinus radiata. Spacing : 6 ft. by 3 ft. Age : Eleven years. Density : Overstocked. Crown cover : Very complete. Average height: 48 ft. Average D.B.H. : 5-75 in. Stand per acre (to 3 in. top): 5,462 cub. ft. (Total stand: 1—720,984 cub. ft; 2—589,896 cub. ft ; 3—1,665,910 cub. ft.). Diameter growth : Five rings per inch. Height growth : 36 in. Remarks : Planted 3 ft. apart in rows and 6 ft. between the rows in order to suppress the heavy fern. Windfalls and double leaders common. Block : 1. Compartment: 2. Area : 51 acres and 32 perches. Species : P. austriaca, Setjuoia sempervirens (a few). Spacing : 4 ft. Age: Twenty-two years. Density : Overstocked. Crown cover : Very complete. Average height : P. aust., 35 ft. ; S. semp., 45 ft. Average D.B.H. : P. aust., 6-5 in.; S. semp., 10 in. Stand per acre (to 3in. top): 3,744 cub. ft, (Total stand : 190,944 cub. ft.). Diameter growth : P. aust., 8 rings per inch ; S. semp., 3 rings per inch. Height growth : P. aust., 18 in.; S. semp., 20 in. Soil: Pumice. Site: 1. Aspect: Level, but gentle slope to north-west. Block : 2. Compartment: 1. Area : 22 acres. Species : P. austriaca, 66 per cent. ; P. Laricio, 34 per cent. Spacing: 4 ft. Age: Twenty - two years. Density: Overstocked. Crown cover: Very complete. Average height: 35 ft. Average D.8.H.: 6 in. Stand per acre (to 3 in. top): 5,586 cub. ft. (Total'stand, 122,892 cub. ft.). Diameter growth : Seven rings per inch. Height growth: 18 in. Soil: Pumice. Site: I. Aspect: Level, but gentle slope to north-west. Block: 4. Compartment: 1. Area: 66 acres 1 rood. 24 perches. Species: Larix europea, Pseudostvga laxifolia. Spacing: 4 ft. Age: Twenty-one years. Density: Overstocked. Crown cover : Very complete. Average height: 50 ft. Average D.B.H. : 5-6 in. Stand per acre (to 3 in. top): Larch, 1/41 cub. ft.; Douglas Fir, 367 cub. ft. (Total stand : Larch, 128,591 cub. ft.; Douglas Fir, 24,313 cub. ft.). Diameter growth: Larch, nine rings per inch; Douglas, three rings per inch. Height growth: L., 20 in. ; I)., 25 in. Soil: Pumice. Site: 1. Aspect: North-west. Remarks : Larch thinned. Douglas good on strip 2 chains wide on south boundary, rest poor and small. Sample plot No. 2. Tawa and Rimu collected for Pulping Tests. Mamaku. Locality. —Mamaku, Rotorua Forest Conservation Region. Situation and Altitude. —Situation : Six miles from Mamaku Railway-station. Altitude : About 2,000 ft, above sea-level,

Total Diameter. T „„ ... nient Species. Quantity. Age. g . jjt r> locality. No. | | >8 • | • L - Cords. Years. I Ft. In. 101 Corsican Pine (Pinus laricio) .. 1 23 j 57 7-7 Whakarewarewa.* 102 Austrian Pine (Pinus austriaca) .. 1 23 45 8-3 Whakarewarewa.* 103 European larch (Larix euro-pea) 1 22 ' 65 7*2 Whakarewarewa.* 104 Insignis-pine (Pinus radiata) .. 3 12 60 7-3 Whakarewarewa.* 105 Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum).. 2 .. .. 12-0 Mamaku.f 105a Rimu slabs .. .. .. 1 .. .... Mamaku. j 106 Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa) .. 3 .. j lO'O Mamaku.f Cub. ft. I.B. 111 Insignis pine (Pinus radiata) .. 927 30 90 18-0 Swanson.§ 112 Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa) .. 2,090 .. 70 16-0 Mamaku.f * See " Forest Description," below. f See " Forest Description " below. J From G. A. Gamman and Co. operation. § See " Forest Description," page 51.