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CHAPTER XXXIII. PAGE - Pine, Canada red—Colour of bark—Dimensions–Sap-wood—Experiments—Tables—Navy contracts, &c.
270 CHAPTER XXXIV. - Pine, Canada yellow—Dimensions—Inch masts—Size of logs—"Waney" timber—Deals bright and floated—Defects—Experiments—Tables—Navy contracts, &c.
275 CHAPTER XXXV. - Pine, American Pitch—Mast pieces—Size of logs Defects Experiments—Tables.
286 CHAPTER XXXVI. - Pine, Oregon or Douglas—Description—Rate of Growth—Size of Spars—Specimen at Kew Gardens—Uses, &c.
292 CHAPTER XXXVII. - New Zealand—Kaurie or Cowdie Pine—Large handsome trees—Rate of growth—Dense foliage—Unequalled for masts—Slight defects—Experiments—Tables, &c.
295 CHAPTER XXXVIII. - New Zealand—Kahikatea trees—Large Dimensions—Anti-scorbutic—Tanakaha—Size of logs— Uses—Rimu—Specimen at Kew Gardens—Miro—Totara—Rata—Pohutukawa—Puriri, &c.
304 CHAPTER XXXIX. - Timber—Winter felled—Natural seasoning—Suggestions for stacking—Seasoning—Duhamel's plan— Fincham's—Steaming—Heated chambers—Carbonising—M. Lapparent's patent—Tried at Woolwich—Experiments—Tables—Abstracts of previous experiments,&c.
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