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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

Tote-a-weka .. Olearia angustifolia Timber small and of little use .. .. 1079. Titoki .. .. Alectryon excelsum Timber strong and very tough; used principally for tool handles and wheelwrights' work 347, 630, 690, 947, 953, 959, 1003, 1388. Toatoa, mountain .. Phylloeladus glauca Timber white, straight grained, and tough; used only for temporary purposes; bark suitable for tanning 640. Totara .. .. Podocarpus totara .. Timber of a reddish colour, soft, easily worked, and of great durability: one…

Tote-a-weka .. Olearia angustifolia Timber small and of little use .. .. 1079. Titoki .. .. Alectryon excelsum Timber strong and very tough; used principally for tool handles and wheelwrights' work 347, 630, 690, 947, 953, 959, 1003, 1388. Toatoa, mountain .. Phylloeladus glauca Timber white, straight grained, and tough; used only for temporary purposes; bark suitable for tanning 640. Totara .. .. Podocarpus totara .. Timber of a reddish colour, soft, easily worked, and of great durability: one of the best known trees in New Zealand: used for wharves, telegraph and fencing posts, shingles, bridge and house building; unrivalled in marine work, as it resists the teredo and other worms. The burrs or knots are in great demand for furniture and all descriptions of fancy and ornamental work 5, 25, 42, 44, 48, 77, 92, 103, 109, 109A, 137, 165, 174, 221, 222, 223, 269, 283, 304, 319, 320, 333, 358, 367, 368, 388, 402, 411, 422, 428, 454, 479, 516, 518, 523, 531, 536, 577, 578, 639, 693, 720, 723, 733, 751, 755, 777, 787, 803, 828, 835, 841, 844, 846, 854, 861, 867, 876, 879, 883, 890, 894, 906, 910, 916, 918, 927, 938, 940, 975, 1019, 1021, 1026, 1031, 1038, 1069, 1080, 1081, 1085, 1091, 1114, 1115, 1121, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1153, 1196, 1199, 1215, 1251, 1270, 1327, 1348, 1393, 1397, 1399. Turpentine (tarata) .. Pittosporum eugenioides Timber white and elastic; suitablo for carpenters' tools and wood turning 50, 238, 334, 385, 615, 785, 1369. Waiwaka .. .. .. 254, 436. Wharangi .. .. Melicope ternata .. Used for firowood 697. Whau (corkwood) .. Entelea arborescens The lightest timber in New Zealand, weight 81b. to 111b. per cubic foot, being about half that of cork; used chiefly for fishing net floats 681a, 1013, 1171, 1414. Yellow-wood .. Coprosma linariifolia Wood of a deep yellow colour, close and straight grained; used principally for inlaying 782.