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fcvcn feet, and the four branches will become mea- 

 furable, 12 feet in length, ^d girt 12 inches, equal 

 to I ton, 8 inches ; and the whole contents (at i^o 

 years of age) will be equal to 8 ton$ 1 5 feet, round 

 meafure, viz, 12 loads of fquare timber, value 

 48/. to 50/*. 



The growth of this capital flick, being thus 

 (raced without exaggeration, it rnay ferve to fhew 

 the manifeft difadvantage icrf" cutting young trees 

 in foils which will bring them to maturity.—* 

 Jts firft 75 years were fpent in acquiring a fin- 

 gle ton; whereas, the laft 75 years produced 

 above (even times as much in quantity, befides 

 the increafe of value as naval timber j which taken 

 together will pay its proprietor compound intereft 

 fkt 3/, i5i. per cent, for the latter period 5 and who 

 can lay out money to fo great advantage, confider- 

 ing the fluctuation of the flocks in the firfl place, 

 (lucky hits only excepted) and the irregularity of 

 the payments of interefl, and the inflability of pri- 

 vate fecurities? 



• A ton of round was always reckoned equal to a toad 

 and a quarter of fquare timber, but the hewers now nijuiage their 

 bufinefs fo dexteroufly, as to bring it equal to a load and half. Thus 

 the furveyors of Dean Forelt ellimate i4.,4oo tons, girt meafure, to 

 amount to 21,600 loads, fquare meafure, and value it at 4-1. per 

 k»d. Vide Commiflionert' third Report, 



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