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COLONIES ANGLAISES—NOUVELLE-GALLES DU SUD.
Class 1.
Mining andMetals.
65 Turon gold ridge quartz Crushing Company , à Sydney.—
Gros bloc de quartz aurifère.
66 Want , R.-J à Sydney.—Minéraux. (Voir cl. 2.)
67 Warde , le Capita à Sydney.—Rapport sur les analyses
des éch. d’or envoyés par les commissaires de l’Aus-tralie à l’Exposition universelle.
68 Wilson , W, à Lismore, Moreton-Bay.— Minéraux. Ar-
gile blanche, dite écume de mer, des environs de larivière Richmond. (Voir cl. 2 et 13.)
69 Wilton, Rév. C.-N -P.— 77 éch. de fossiles et de minéraux
du terrain houiller de Newcastle.
65 Turon Gold Ridge Quartz Crushing Company (per
G. A. Lloyd), Sydney .—Large block of auriferousquartz.
66 Want, R. J., Sydney.— Minerals ; root of cyress pine.
67 Warde, Captain of the Mint^ Sydney.— Report of his
assays of the samples of gold exhibited by the Com-missioners.
68 Wilson, W., Lismorc, Moreton Bay.—Meerschaum
and other minerals ; aboriginal weapons ; woods,barks, etc.
69 Wilton, Rev. C. P. N., Newcastle.—Collection of 77
specimens (mostly fossil), illustrative of the New-castle coal-fields.
Class II.
Products
obtained
without
Cultivation.
2* CLASSE.
70 Adams, Fr ., à Sydney.— Gomme de Xanthorrœa.
71 Alcock, G., à Moreton-Bay.—Suc épaissi d’un figuier.
72 Batty , à Sydney.—Bois de cèdre.
73 Blaxland, J., à Liverpool-plains.—Bois de myall (espèce
d’acacia).
73a Bousfield, F., à Sydney.—Perles de Moreton-Bay dansleurs coquilles, (voir cl. 3, n. 100.)
'IQoBousfeld, Mme .—Grosse perle de Moreton-Bay. (Voircl. 1, n. 4.)
74 Bushy, W., a Cassilis.—Bois de myall.
74. xCalvert, J.-S., à Sydney.—Graines de plantes sauvagesde la Nouvelle-Galles. (Voir cl. 2 et 25, n. 181.)
75 Child, W., aJMaitland.— Gomme. Insectes qui fournis-
sent, dit-on, une matière tinctoriale et plantes (mi-mosa et eucalyptus) sur lesquelles ils vivent. (Voircl. 25.)
76 Chisholm , J., à Goulburn.—Bois des environs de Goul-
burn.
77 -Lea Commissaires de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, pour VEx-
position universelle de Paris .—Tronc d’arbre portantl’épitaphe de Le Receveur, de l’expédition de LaPeyrouse, mort à Botany-Bay, en mars 1788, etenterré au pied de cet arbre. 330 espèces de bois dela Nouvelle-Galles. Table de marqueterie faite avec64 espèces de bois de la Nouvelle-Galles. (Voircl. 1 et 26.)
CLASS II.
70 Adams, Francis, Sydney.— Gum of the grass tree.
71 Alcock, G., Moreton Bay.—Inspissated juice of a
species of Ficus.
72 Batty, Mr., Sydney.—Specimen of cedar wood.
73 Blaxland, John, Liverpool Plains.—Log of Myall
wood.
73A-BousJield, F. (the Secretary), Moreton Bay. Pearls intheir shells.
JQuBousfteld, Mrs. —Large pearl from Moreton Bay.Honourable Mention.
74 Bushy, W., Cassilis.—Log of Myall wood.
'J^xCalvert, J. S ., Sydney.—Seeds obtained by him whilst
travelling with Leichhardt.
75 Child , W., Maitland.—Gum ; plants bearing insects
said to afford a dye ; insects said to afford a dyeingmaterial ; native basket.
76 Chisholm, James, Goulburn.—Specimens of woods
growing near Goulburn.
77 Commissioners for New South Wales. — Collection,
formed by Mr. W. Macarthur, of Camden ( MédaillecT Honneur), of 240 species of wood from the southerndistricts of New South Wales, and of 90 species ofthe woods of the northern districts, collected byMr. 0. Moore ( Silver Medal), director of the BotanicGardens, Sydney, both collections accompaniedby dried specimens to verify their scientific names.Extensive collection of specimens of gold fromthe different gold-fields in New South Wales,accompanied by illustrative specimens of the over-lying and auriferous strata. — Glass cases, tables,&c., made of woods of the colony, by M. Cau-mont and M. Marsoudet.—Marbles from the Aber-crombie Caves and Emu Swamp. — Stump of atree bearing sepulchral inscription to the memoryof M. Le Receveur, naturalist to the expedition,who died at Botany Bay, and who was interred atthe foot of the tree by his companions, La Perouscand crew, on their last and fatal expedition.—Da-guerreotype views of the Sydney exhibition of theproducts forwarded to Paris.—Drawings of ditto.—Medal, 1st class silver, ditto 2nd bronze, distributedat the Sydney exhibition of the products forwardedto the Paris Exhibition, from dyes sunk by LeonardC. Wyon, Esq., after designs made in the colony by• T. Andrews and F. C. Terry.—Slab, containing 64specimens of New South Wales woods, inlaid, madeat Sydney by Wilckens.
Catalogue (see No. 77) of Specimens of Woods indigenousto the Southern Districts, collected by Mr. W. Mac-arthur, and exhibited by the Commissioners; withRemarks descriptive of the nature of the Trees, and thequalities of their Wood, so far as these could be ascer-tained.
A short description of the general features of the kindsof woodland, from which have been collected the majorityof the specimens of woods hereinafter described in detail,with a few observations upon the general character of thelatter, w'ould seem to be a desirable introduction to theCatalogue. They will be useful in rendering the subjectmore intelligible to all who have not had the opportunityof informing themselves by personal observation. Forgreater convenience, the different descriptions of naturalwoodlands will be included under three classes ; and theletter denoting its class will be inserted opposite to eachspecimen of wood.
Class A .—Forest more or less open ; generally composedof trees with little or no underwood; their trunks more orless naked and lofty, height being a more conspicuous fea-ture than diameter; their heads small in proportion to thetrunks, divided into few secondary or tertiary ramifications,and thinly clothed wdth persistent, dry, dull-coloured, thick,leathery leaves, abounding in essential oils, and in theirdecomposition adding little to the vegetable matter in thesoil. The different species of Eucalyptus and Angophora,with Melaleuca, Callistcmon, Syncarpia, and Lophostemon,compose the larger trees which furnish all the commondurable hard w'ood timber used in Sydney and the adjoin-ing districts. Occasionally these dry forests pass intotracts crowded with trees, generally of a Bingle species(still with little or no underwood), their trunks beingdrawn up to a great height, and of small diameter. Thetrees of this class are usually produced to a greater size,and with better quality of timber, on lands rather poor than