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Title: Sketch of the Public Works of New Zealand and Catalogue of Exhibits

Author: Public Work Department

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 69

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 69

Kohekohe (cedar) .. Dysoxylum spectabile Wood light, soft, and easily worked, heart blood-red in colour; used for fencing-posts, and valuable for cabinet making, &c. 13, 256, 260, 264A, 336, 339, 373, 548, 549, 825, 849, 891, 913, 921, 928, 1004, 1033, 1035, 1110, 1233, 1306, 1307, 1390, 1418. Kohutuhutu (fuchsia) Fuchsia excorticata Timber very strong, durable, and hard; used for house blocks and fencing posts; is almost indestructible by fire; grain prettily marked 85, 626, 718, 799, 992, 116…

Kohekohe (cedar) .. Dysoxylum spectabile Wood light, soft, and easily worked, heart blood-red in colour; used for fencing-posts, and valuable for cabinet making, &c. 13, 256, 260, 264A, 336, 339, 373, 548, 549, 825, 849, 891, 913, 921, 928, 1004, 1033, 1035, 1110, 1233, 1306, 1307, 1390, 1418. Kohutuhutu (fuchsia) Fuchsia excorticata Timber very strong, durable, and hard; used for house blocks and fencing posts; is almost indestructible by fire; grain prettily marked 85, 626, 718, 799, 992, 1166, 1328. Kowhai .. .. Sophora tetraptera Wood of a pale brown colour, heavy, tough, elastic, and very durable; used in fencing and wheelwrights' work 30, 131, 224, 225, 409, 421, 551, 616, 652, 773, 797, 812, 819, 847, 882, 1012, 1030, 1100, 1152, 1177, 1202, 1223, 1262, 1302, 1379, 1391. Kumarahou (N. Z. lilac) Quintinia serrata .. Timber a light red colour, and principally used for firewood 423. Lancewood, toothed Pseudopanax ferox Wood very clastic and strong, suitable for cabinet making and walking sticks 900. Maire, white .. Olea lanceolata .. Timber very even in grain, hard, and shrinks little; used for wood engraving, machine-bearings, fencing-posts, rails, &c. 3, 45, 242, 252, 582, 943, 1191, 1249, 1329. Maire-rau-nui (black maire) Olea Cunninghamii One of the strongest of New Zealand timbers; it is hard, dense, and very heavy; the grain handsome and nicely marked: used for machinery bearings, bridge blocks, under-framing of railway carriages and wagons, fencing posts, and all varieties of cabinet making and ornamental work 12, 40, 41, 51, 100, 110, 244, 316, 326, 434, 452, 528, 534, 543, 562, 619, 624, 736, 892, 895, 928, 951, 963, 1006, 1053, 1062, 1070, 1071, 1105, 1160, 1256, 1309, 1368, 1395. Mahoe (whitewood) Melicytus ramiflorus The "hinahina" of South Island; timber white, soft; used for gunpowder charcoal 52, 104, 239, 964, 1184. Makomako (currant-tree) Aristotelia racemosa Timber light and straight grained; extensively converted into gunpowder charcoal 188, 234, 618, 695, 1303. Mangeao .. .. Litsea calicaris .. Timber white, strong, and of great elasticity; used for bullock yokes, ships' blocks, coach-builders' and ornamental work generally 47, 988, 1126, 1165, 1219, 1425.