rm I l.DAUA I'LANTATION. 505 



I*'roin ihe resulis dbtained frdin time to tinic, vield tables 

 will be prepared for ireiieral use in tlie jjlantatioiis, and in 

 localities having;' more or less similar conditions to tliose obtaininj^ 

 at Cedara. 



The whole plantation is well sn)>})lied with roads and bridle 

 paths, rendering all ])arts of the area accessible. The compart- 

 ment boundaries have been irarked on the ground, and each 

 compartment numbered so that no difficulty is e\])erienced in 

 finding any one of the numerous grotips. 



In this paper the financial results have not been touched 

 upon, principally because when the ]>lantation was controlled by 

 the Agricultural Department during the years 1907-1910, no 

 separate accounts appear to have been kept of the purely forestry 

 <iperations. It is hoped, however, on another occasion to give 

 particulars of the costs incurred and the financial prospects of 

 the plantation. Suffice it to sav that the Nursery pays for itself, 

 and that such material yielded by thinnings as is saleable, and 

 the yields of mature wattle plantations, are sold at remunerative 

 rates. 



In conclusion it may be slated that though Cedara Planta- 

 tion was tlie tnrst Government Timber Plantation established in 

 Natal, smaller test plantations have been put down at Empan- 

 geni. Port Durnford, Buhver, Ingwangvvane, Ngomi, and ex])eri- 

 mental ])lots at nearly all the forest stations in Natal. 



A SHORT NOTE ON RRYOPHYTA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



Bv Thomas Robertson Sim. 



(Precis.) 



In continuation of the statement made a vear ago,* the 

 author stated that he had, during the interval, prepared and 

 distributed a check-list of the Bryophyta of South Africa, run- 

 ning to over 1,000 species, and also that the first two parts of 

 liis " Handbook of the Bryojjhyta of South Africa " were now 

 ready. These two parts (leal with the whole of the genera of 

 the mosses. The genera of the Hepaticse and the sj^ecies of both 

 groups will be dealt with in future parts, and it is expected that 

 the work will consist of about ten parts when complete. 



* Rept. S..A. Assn. for Adv. of Sc, Pretoria (1915), 435. 



