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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 40

Class 43.—Products of the Cultivation of Forests and of the Trades Appertaining Thereto

Class 43.—Products of the Cultivation of Forests and of the Trades Appertaining Thereto.

266—Auckland Harbour Board, Auckland.
  • Specimens of Australian and New Zealand Timber, showing the action of "Teredo Navalis"
  • Specimens of Jarrah and Totara Timbers.
267—Bagnall Brothers and Co., Thames.
  • Sample Board of Kahikatea
268—Beckenhah, John, Nelson.
  • Section of a Stump of Flowering Fuchsia Tree (grown in scrub, near Nelson), 65 inches in circumference. Large specimens can be obtained
269—Blair, W. N., Engineer-in-Chief for the South Island, Dunedin.
  • Polished and Named Samples of Native New Zealand Woods
270—Colonial Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
  • Collection of Timbers showing Results of Experiments for Determining Strength
271—Campbell, Dr. Logan, Auckland.
  • Two Slabs of Kauri Pine
272—Denne, John George, Nelson.
  • Block of Totara Wood, suitable for veneering cabinet-work, obtained at Wakapauka
273—Fletcher, John E., Pakawa, Collingwood, Nelson.
  • Plank of Yellow Pine Timber, and Section of same Tree with the bark on.
274—George, J. C., Taranaki.
  • Specimens of New Zealand Woods, polished on face, rough at back.
275—Grayling, W. Irwin, Omata Chemical Works, Taranaki.
  • Tanning, Dyeing, and Medical Extracts—
  • A—Six Samples of Extract of Towai—
    1Discolourised and refined from cold infusion
    2Refined from cold infusion
    3Unrefined from cold infusionpage 41
    4From the Timber infusion
    5Spring growth infusion
    6From hot infusion, unrefined
    B—7Extract of Rimu or Red Pine, unrefined
    8Extract of Rimu or Birch, unrefined
    9Extract of Rimu or Rata Climber, unrefined
    10Tanning Compound, unrefined
    11Extract of Hinau, unrefined
    12Extract of Pukatea
    C—Extract of Towai
    D—1Liquid Extract of Supplejack
    2Compound Extract of the same, with the Kawa Kawa
    3Liquid Extract of Taraxacum
    4Cheese Colouring

The Towai (Weinmannia racemosa) is an indigenous tree largely distributed over the hilly lands in many parts of New Zealand; it is often to be met with four or five feet in diameter, and from thirty to sixty feet in height. It grows frequently in clusters united at the base in a large tubular stoloniferous root, and in numerous instances round Mount Egmont the tree forms a natural bridge over the stream, as it first grows upright on the bank, and then gradually inclines over until its top reaches the land on the other side; there it rests, a forest of young trees springing up vertically from the prostrate trunk. A zone of thirty miles, three miles in width round the high lands of Mount Egmont is clothed exclusively with Towai, whilst throughout the whole district the banks of most of the rivers will yield a large supply. A reference to the map will show the distribution. The Extract is unusually rich in tannin and forms good leather, and as a dye will yield all the shades obtainable from gambier. It can be cheaply rendered.

In case B the first four Extracts are astringent, of greater or less value.

No. 11, Hinau (Elœocarpus dentatus), is of sufficient importance to deserve a special notice.

The Hinau is an evergreen forest tree of considerable dimensions. The bark is used by the natives in dyeing black their beautiful flax mats. The flax after a soaking in a hot fusion of the bark is buried for a time in the red iron mud so abundant in the stagnant pools. The Hinau can only be considered of value as a dye, yielding yellow buffs and blacks.

No. 12 is an Extract of the Pukatea (Atherosperma Novæ Zealandæ). It is a valuable tonic, much in use amongst the Maoris as a remedy for neuralgia. In selecting a tree for stripping, they always take one that has been exposed to the fullest effects of the sun's rays.

276—Guthrie, Robert, Dunedin.
  • Thirty-one Samples, polished and named, of Timbers grown in New Zealand, chiefly in the neighbourhood of Dunedin
277—Haast, Professor Julius Von, Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of Canterbury Museum.
  • Timbers of Canterbury and Westland—
    2Melecytus ramiflorus
    3Pittosporum tenuifolium
    4Olearia ilicifolia
    6Plagianthus betulinus
    10Elœocarpus hookerianus
    11Pennantia corymbosa
    13Alectryon excelsum (Titoki)
    15Sophora tetrapterapage 42
    16Carpodetus serratus
    17Leptospermum ericoides (Manuka)
    19Fuchsia excorticata
    21Panax crassifolium (Lancewood)
    24Griselina littoralis
    26Dodonea viscosa
    27Myrsine urvillei
    29Epicarpurus microphyllus
    33Podocarpus ferruginea
    39Libocedrus bidiwilli
    40Phyllocladus alpinus
    41Plagianthus lyallii
    42Dracophyllum traversii
    44Podocarpus totara
    45Elœocarpus dentatus
    46Fagus fusca
    47Aristotelia racemosa
    48Panax colensoi
    49Dacrydium colensoi
    50Weinmannia racemosa
    51Dacrydium cupressimum
    52Panax edgerleyi
    53Pittosporum tenuifolium
    54Panax crassifolium
    55Metrosideros lucida (Rata)
    56Discaria australis
    57Myoporum lœtum
    58Coprosma liniarifolia
    59Fuchsia excorticata
    60Panax crassifolium (Lancewood)
    61Epicarpurus microphyllus
    62Pennantia corymbosa
    63Panax edgerlyi
278—Halcombe, A. F., Fielding, Wellington.
  • Eight specimens of Native Ornamental Woods, Table Top, shewing totara-knot and honeysuckle, rewa-rewa
279—Hokianga Saw-mill Company, Hokianga, New Zealand.
  • 1 Piece Kauri Timber, 12 feet x 76 inches x 6 inches
  • 1 Piece Kauri Timber, 12 feet x 76 inches x 1½ inches
  • 2 Piece Kauri Timber, 12 feet x 76 inches x 1 inches
280—Hokitika Local Committee, Hokitika.
  • Specimens of Timber from Westland
281—Holdship, G., Auckland.
  • Specimens of large Kauri Timber, grown in New Zealand
282—Hornby, John, Mount Pleasant Mills, Picton.
  • Two Planks of Rimu. polished
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283—Hornby, John, Picton.
  • Twenty-one specimens of New Zealand Woods
284—Isaacs, Edward, Eden Crescent, Auckland.
  • Rough piece of Kauri Timber, shewing the natural formation of kauri gum
285—Kingsland, John, Invercargill.
  • Bark
286—New Zealand Commissioners, Wellington.
  • Fine specimen of Kauri Timber
287—Norrie, William, Cabinetmaker, Auckland.
  • Ornamental Timbers from New Zealand Forests—
    17 Varieties Mottled Kauri
    22 Varieties Puriri
    32 Varieties Rewa-rewa
    41 Varieties Ake-ake
    51 Varieties Mottled Totara
    61 Varieties Rihikitu
    71 Varieties Rimo
    81 Varieties Curly Kauri
288—Otago Museum, Dunedin.
  • Specimens of Native Timber of Otago
  • Portion of Totara Log, worked with stone adzes, from Maori Fith-weir, Shag River
289—Robertson, J. W., and Co., Queenstown, Otago
  • Samples of Birch Totara, 15s. per 100 feet, delivered at Winton Railway Station
290—Read, John, Thames.
  • Kauri Timber
291—Stone, Robert, Thames.
  • Veneers of Colonial Woods
292—Sullivan, Michael, Basket-maker, Dunedin.
  • 6 large Coal Baskets
  • 6 smaller Coal Baskets

Made from New Zealand supplejack, the larger baskets being five to carry a ton, the smaller being nine to the ton.

293—Tapper, R. and A., Invercargill.
  • Specimens of Timbers from Southland.
295—Wilding and Ball, Waipukurau, Napier.
  • New Zealand Timber and Bark, for tanning—
    1Pennantia corymbosa (Kaikomako)
    2Elœocarpus dentatus (Whinau)
    3Fagus solandri (Tawai)page 44
    4Dysoxylum spectabile (Rewa-rewa)
    5Olea cunninghamii (Maire)
    6Podocarpus docrydivides (Kahikatea)
    7Podocarpus ferruginea (Miro)
    8Leptospermum scoporimum (Kahikatoa)
    9Nesodaphne tawa (Tawa)
    10Weinmannia racemosa (Tawhero)
    11Melreytus ramiflorus (Hinau-hinau)
    12Sophora tetraptera (Kohai)
    13Metrosideros robusta (Rata)
    14Fuchsia excorticata (Kotukutuka)
    15Persoonia toro (Toro)
    16Podocarpus totara (Totara)
    17Podocarpus spicata (Matai)
    18Dacrydium cupressinum (Rimu)
    19Bark of No. 2 (Whinau bark)
    20Berries of No. 2 (Whinau berries).