Timber Industry In New Guinea
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Transported by road, 30 miles to Rabaul, from the interior of New Britain, these great logs, on the Rabaul waterfront, await shipment to Australia. The lumber industry has developed rapidly in New Guinea in recent years. These logs are the property of the New Britain Timber Company, which operates a sawmill in the Kerawat and Banings district, at the eastern end of New Britain. In this region, the trees mostly sought are Kamarere (Eucalyptus deglupta) which tower sometimes to over 200 feet and yield a hardwood timber much in demand for general building purposes. In addition to the New Britain forests, extensive and valuable stands of conifers, cedars, pines (Araucaria cunninghamii and A. klinkii) grow in and around the Bulolo Valley, on the New Guinea mainland.