374 BE CENT SALES OF BRITISH TIMBER. [March, 



tions will in most cases have been finished, but where other work has 

 intervened to cause delay the sooner it is finished the better. Con- 

 tinue the thinning of young plantations and coniferous trees, and 

 remove the thinnings as the work proceeds. Bind up faggots, and 

 prepare firewood as recommended last month. 



Clean and tidy-up in pleasure-grounds, and roll walks and grass 

 lawns. Continue the fiUing-up of empty ground in the nursery, and 

 dig or fork between the rows of plants that have not been transplanted 

 this year. 



Kinmel Bark. Lewis Bayne. 



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EECENT SALES OF ENGLISH TIMBER 



[From the Timber Trades Journal.'] 



Bucks. — Messrs. Hart, austioneers, held a sale of timber, on the 13th February, 

 consisting of ash and elm timber, hardwood, and fagots, grown on the Mentmore 

 Estates, Bucks. The prices fetched were :— Elm 4d. to 6d. per foot, ash Is. 6d. 

 to 2s. 6d. The princii^al purchasers were Messrs. Eowland Brothers, Fenny 

 Stratford ; A. and D. Stevens, Tebworth ; W. King, Linslade ; G. Heley, 

 Winslow ; Montague, Cheddington ; J. East, Berkhampstead. 



Cornwall. — A sale of timber was held on the 25th January, at Callington, 

 when some 420 oak, 150 ash, 113 sycamore, and a quantity of hme, elm, beech, 

 chestnut, fir, and other trees, grown on the Whiteford Estate, the property of the 

 Duchy of Cornwall, were oilered by Mr. W. J. May, auctioneer, Liskeard. The 

 total sum realised by the sale was £852 12s. 6d., the attendance and competition 

 being veiy satisfactory. The chief buyers were Messrs. Osborne, Stevens, and 

 Co., of Uxbridge ; J. Wiles, of Bethnal Green ; Hambly and Wotton, of 

 Plymouth, &c. The whole was divided into about seventy-two lots, the highest 

 price being obtained for lot 59, nine oak trees, i'38 10s. 



A sale of timber was held on the 12th February, at Liskeard, consisting 

 of oak, ash, elm, Spanish chestnut, &c., grown in the Coldrenick Woods. 

 Mr. Spry was the auctioneer, and the tale was brisk, except for elm, 

 some of which was considered defective. The principal buyers were Messrs. 

 Disham, of Exeter ; Best, of Bodmin ; Thorning, of Devonport ; Higmen, 

 St. Ives, &c. 



South Wales. — A sale of oak, sycamore, lime, and beech timber trees, grown 

 on the Boultibrooke Estate, was held at Presteign, Radnorshire, on the 8th 

 February, Mr. E. Stooke, of Hereford, being the auctioneer. The timber was 

 divided into five lots, and was disposed of at the following prices : — Lot 1, 100 

 oak trees and 75 oak poles sold to Mr. W. Minshall, of Northwich, for i-'lSO ; 

 lot 2, 31 sycamore, Mr. Thomas Crompton, of Pendlebury, £110 ; lots 3 *and 5, 

 25 oak and 22 lime, Mr. R. Williams, Hay, £195 ; and lot 4, 36 beech, E. Barlow 

 and Sons, Wilmslow, £90. 



Suffolk. — Messrs. Flick and Son, auctioneers, held a sale of timber on the 

 15th February, grown on the Church Farm, Chill esford, Suftblk. The sale was 

 well attended, good all-round prices being realised, the competition for ash stands 

 being especially keen. The buyers included Messrs. Woods and Son, Brandon ; 

 Watting and Son, Woodbridge ; Wrinch and Son, Ipswich ; Keen, Waterloo 

 Eoad, S.E. ; Dunningham, Harwich ; John Sewell, Butley ; and John Martin, 

 Oxford. The total proceeds amounted to £288 7s. 6d. 



W^ORCESTERSHiRE. — Mr. George H. Winton, auctioneer, offered for sale, on 

 January 29th, at Tenbury, some very choice oak, ash, and other timber, standing 

 on the Kyre Park Estate. A large company attended the sale, and the lots were 

 quickly disposed of, realising very fair values. The buyers were Messrs. E. 

 Barlow and Sons, Wilmslow, Cheshire ; Messrs. E. and T. Groom and Sons, 

 Wellington, Salop ; Mr. W. J. Clayton, Birmingham ; and Mr. C. Hinksman, 

 Tenbury. 



