194 ON PLANTATIOXS OX GLEXGLOY ESTATE, INYERNESS-SHIRE. 



ons, fourteen in number, are as follows : — 

 560 acres. . Planted, 1876-1877 



The various plantat 



Stronagloy, 



Tarsuineas, 



Fallbelt, 



Ault-iia-gainhnaicli, 



Ai;lt-na-leitre, 



Coaclian-feariia, 



All these are along Loch Lochv, with a northern exposure, at an 



450 



6 



50 



13 



6 





„ Spring, 1877 

 „ Antumn, 1877 

 „ „ 1877 

 1877 

 1877 



5> 



average height of about 500 feet. 



16 acres. 

 24 



Two mile belt, 



Bulloch, 



Old Tank, 



Gloy Falls, 



Ault-na-reith, 



Ault-Goibhre, 



Coii'e-Glu-ianacli, 



36 

 55 

 10 

 13 

 56 





Planted, Spring 1878. 



3) 



» 



3> 



5J 



Spring 1879. 



Total, 



1295 acres. 



These latter plantations are in Glengloy, with a southern expo- 

 sure, at an average heisrht of 800 feet. 



All the work was done by the slit method of planting by the 

 common spade, and 4 feet apart was the distance roughly aimed 

 at. The planting w^as commenced in autumn 1876, and completed 

 in spring 1879. 



The total numbers and ages of plants were as follows ! — 



Age. 

 ( 1-year seedling (1 and 2 

 \ years transplanted). 

 I 2-year seedling (1 year 

 ) transplanted). 

 ( 2-year seedling (2 years 

 ( transplanted). 



About 4 feet high. 



About 2 feet high. 



Total, 3,218,650 

 Being 2485 plants on an average to an acre. 

 The total cost was as follows : — 



Plants, 



Freight and Cartage, .... 



Planters' Wages, 



Draining, Nil. 



Bridle Paths, about 5 miles, 



Foresters' Wages for three years (pro- 

 portion), 



Cost of Wooden Barracks for Labou.rers, 

 Fvirnishings, Sjiades, &c.. 



Cutting Brushwood, .... 



Fencing 20 miles 922 yards, 



Total, 

 or £3, lis. per acre, including about £1 per acre for enclosure. 



^4649 8 2 



