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mature woods in 1900 was about 1 0,000 cubic feet per acre, and 

 was valued at about yd. per cubic foot, or ^291, 13s. 3d. 



An older wood in the same block, before the secondary felling, 

 contained 7000 cubic feet per acre. After the felling, 5360 

 cubic feet per acre were reserved, and 1580 cubic feet felled. The 

 details of the felled and reserved trees are as follows : — 

 Felled. 6 Oak. Reserved. 19 Oak. 



200 Beech. 583 Beech. 



30 Hornbeam. 21 Hornbeam. 



236 trees. 623 trees. 



The value of the first thinning in a wood when about thirty- 

 years old is about ^\, 4s. per acre; whilst the third thinning 

 usually fetches from ;^2, los. to ^'^^ per acre. 



Revenue. 



The average annual yield of the whole forest from 1898 to 

 1900 was 684,430 cubic feet, realising ^24,61;^. 



Accessory income derived from the lease of hunting, shooting, 

 fishing, etc., amounted to ^4372, of which la chasse, chiefly red- 

 and roe-deer, figures for ;^ 1380 per annum, or 2s. id. per acre. 



The average annual yield per acre per annum during the last 

 three years was 82-56 cubic feet, valued at 15s. i|^d., thereby 

 giving 2|d. as the average price received for one cubic foot of 

 wood, the low price obtained being due to the fact that nearly 

 one-third of the yield is firewood, and the chief timber beech 

 and hornbeam. 



The total expenditure in 1900, under the diff'erent heads, was 

 as follows : — 



New Roads, .... ;!^579 



Repairs to Old Roads, . . . 43 



Plantations, . . . .410 



Repairs to Buildings, . . . 173 



Clearing Ponds for Fish, ... 20 



Cultivation of Felling Areas for natural 



regeneration, .... 65 



Lopping Roadside Trees, ... 3 



Protective Establishments, . . . 949 



Rates, ..... 2501 



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