ON PLANTATIONS ON GLENGLOY ESTATE, INVERNESS-SIIIHi:. 



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Tlie iiliuve tables show a profit of £148, 15s. d^d. But 

 allowing interest on capital sunk in improvements at the rate 

 of 6 per cent, per annum, there is a total of £118, 16s. lOd. 

 for interest, which, dediictecl from tlie above ])r()fit, leaves a 

 balance of £29, 18s. llld. against the improvements. 



ON PLANTATIONS ON THE ESTATE OF GLENGLOY, 

 INVEKNESS-SHIRE. 



By George Grant IMackay of Glengloy, Kingus.sie. 



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The estate of Glengloy is situated in the Lochaber district of 

 Inverness-shire, on Loch Lochy, in the line of the Caledonian 

 Canal. The lake is 90 feet above the level of the sea; the highest 

 point on the estate is 210o feet. The ground is very steep, and 

 covered with excellent green pasture. The soil is a good loam, 

 resting on open porous gravel, and is thought specially adapted 

 for growing larch. 



The estate was purchased in 1875. The total area is 5464 

 acres, of which 1295 acres have been planted during the last 

 three years. The lands being entirely in the proprietor's occu- 

 pancy as a sheep farm, he was able to plant wherever he thought 

 proper. While, therefore, large areas have been planted at both 

 extremities of the property, eleven smaller plantations have been 

 formed, with a view parti}' to providing shelter for sheep. By 

 thus forming a number of smaller plantations, instead of one 

 large one, the cost of enclosure is much increased, and further, 

 from breaking up the continuity of the sheep walk, the immediate 

 value of the adjoining grazing lands is reduced, still, ultimately 

 it will be of great importance to the estate for grazing purposes, 

 apart altogether from the value of the timber. 



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