The gum tree is the principal tree on the Australian continent, the kauri pine in New Zealand.
"Six Letters From the Colonies"
Robert Seaton
I saw a blind beggar of Hindustan begging alms, but no one gave him a kauri, or a mouthful; I wondered at it, and pitied him; I took out a piece of gold from my pocket, and gave it to him; he took it, and said, "O donor!
"Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes"
Mir Amman of Dihli
The kauri is a small round shell used to denote the minutest denomination of money.
"Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes"
Mir Amman of Dihli