60 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This sum, which includes neither the considerable value of the 

 under-stcck of shade bearing species, nor the higher price obtain- 

 able for larch, is equivalent to 46s. per acre per annum. But 

 allowing for crops at the higher elevations and unforeseen 

 contingencies, it will be safe to estimate a nett surplus of £2 

 per acre per annum, which represents an income from the woods 

 of £8000 a year. If these 4000 acres of land were not to be 

 occupied by woods, they could not be expected to yield more 

 than, on an average, 3s. 6d. per acre from grazing and shooting. 



CONCLUSION. 

 Control Book. 



A Control Book will be instituted for recording the revenue 

 derived from sales, as well as the expenditure under all heads, so 

 that the financial results of the business may be clearly seen, and 

 may form a reliable guide to the framing of future Plans for the 

 estate. 



Ordnance Maps. 



A set of the sheets of the 25-inch Ordnance Map, on which 

 the boundaries of the woods included in the present Plan are 

 all clearly and accurately shown, should be kept in a bound atlas 

 as one of the records of the Plan. 



Museum. 



A small museum for specimens of the wood of various species 

 grown on the estate ; of injurious insects and of the damage they 

 cause; of the effects of disease and of unfavourable influences; as 

 well as of tools, implements, and other objects connected with 

 forestry at Novar, has already been commenced. It should be 

 further developed. 



The thanks of the writer are due to Mr John J. R. Meiklejohn, 

 factor, Mr J. D. B. Whyte, assistant -factor, and Mr William 

 Mackenzie, forester, all of whom gave cordial assistance in the 

 work which has now been concluded. 



The Plan has been sanctioned by the proprietor, and is now in 

 operation. 



