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per 100. Between that size and timber dimensions the poles are 

 not sold, but are used for estate purposes. 



Cordwood is sold at 8s. to 10s. per stack of 117 cubic feet 

 (31 feet by 3 feet by 12 feet). 



Coppice is sold by the acre by auction, and fetches from £4 to 

 £5 an acre; whereas formerly it usually sold at from £10 to £15 

 an acre. It used to bring in a good clear £1 per acre per annum 

 as a return for the use of the soil, leaving the standard timber 

 as additional profit. 



Bark now sells at only 40.->. per ton. The quantity yielded by 

 the last fall of 10 standard oaks was 1 ton 13^ cwts., the felling and 

 stripping of which cost 105s., while the return from the bark alone 

 was only 67s. In 1895 the price of bark was 67s. 6d. per ton. 

 At present rates, barking is hardly remunerative. 



Administrative and Executive Staff. 



The woods are managed by the estate steward, acting directly 

 under instructions from the Right Honourable the Earl of Selborne. 

 The staff consists of three woodmen, viz., one foreman and two 

 others, who are also partially engaged in other estate work. The pay 

 of these three men, amounting to about <£118, 2s. 6d. per annum, 

 is included within the expenditure charged against the woods and 

 plantations. A considerable portion of their time is taken up with 

 the supervision and maintenance of the fences round the woods 

 and other parts of the estate. 



Labour Supply. — Woodcutters are obtainable without difficulty 

 for felling, etc., from autumn to spring, at the current rate of 2s. 6d. 

 a day. Planting is also done by daily labour at same rate, as 

 this has been found more advantageous than giving out the work 

 by piece or contract. 



