THE (, l-.DAKA I'LANTATIDN. 503 



Careful descriptions on suitabk- forms were made of eaoii 

 compartment, givint^ particulars of locality, soil, aspect, species 

 of tree, ii^e, (|uality and stocking. Each sj^ecies was separated 

 into a sul)-conipartment or ^rouj). As evidencing- the scattered 

 nature of the planting of i)ast years there are in: — 



Block A yo grou[)s. 



Block B 193 groups. 



Block C 212 groups. 



Block D 126 groujjs. 



Total 621 



The forms in use provide space for recording the future 

 treatment of each group, and in this way accurate records will 

 be secured in regard to methods of treatment, intermediate and 

 final yields, and costs of the varicnis operations which may ])e 

 imdertaken for the improvement, etc., of the gro wins' stock. 



The stocktaking of 191 5 yielded the summarised re-ults 

 tabulated on page 504. 



Summarising the results still further there are : — 



Eucalypts 4i<^-5''^ acres. 



Conifers 347-03 ,. 



Blackwood 211.89 ^ 



i'oplars 3.75 „ 



Black Wattle 104.54 ,, 



Others -3-74 „ 



Indigenous Bush 12.76 ,, 



1222.29 

 Unplanted Area CS9-I5 



Total 1281.44 acres 



The unijlanted area, excepting certain excessively stony 

 ]:;atches with practically no soil, and parts required for protecting 

 the Cedara Reservoir, etc., will be planted within the next seas;)n 

 or two. The areas under Black Wattle are being converted to 

 timber trees as the crojos mature. 



Exclusive of the many valuable kinds growing on the area 

 transferred to the Agricultural Department there are approxi- 

 mately 80 varieties of timber trees l)eing tested, and in due course 

 valuable results will be obtained in regard to the suitabilitx nv 

 otherwise of each species experimented with. 



The woods are being regularly thinned, and with increa>ing 

 age the whole plantation will become valualile. not only in regard 

 to the timber itself, but also as demonstrating what kinds can 

 be grown successfully and the jiroper methods of tending each 

 s])ecies. 



