100 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



During the same year, the total receipts were as follows : — 

 Sales of Wood, . . . ^^24,487 



Lease of Hunting and Shooting, . . 3,103 



Sales of Grass, Fern, Stone, etc., . . 851 



Total, ;^28,44i 



Besides the above, works to the value of ;£iig2 were executed 

 by purchasers of the standing crops. These works are detailed 

 in the conditions of sale, and consist of repairs to roads and 

 ditches, of lopping trees, and even in some cases of plantations. 

 Naturally, the purchasers deduct this amount from the price they 

 would otherwise pay for the standing crop, and the amount 

 should therefore go to increase the revenue, as well as the 

 expenditure, of the forest. The value of work done by the forest 

 guards is also put down at ;^64. 



The Forest of Retz is one of the finest and best managed 

 beech and oak forests in France. 



PART III. 

 Forest of Belleme. By Professor Fisher. 



Situation. 



The Forest of Belleme is in the Departement de I'Orne, near the 

 town of Belleme. It is on a small, isolated plateau, 500 to 800 

 feet above sea-level, with sloping sides, the small watercourses 

 from which drain into the river Sarthe, a tributary of the river 

 Loire. There are several fine oak forests in the neighbourhood. 



The forest is in the conservatorship of Alen^on, the present 

 conservator being M. Loyer. The inspector of forests is M. le 

 Levreur, living at Mortagne, about ten miles from the forest. 



Area. 



The area of the forest is 6072 acres; it is subdivided into four 

 working-sections, all under high forest. 



Geological Strata and Soil. 



The plateau is capped by the Tertiary loam, termed Argile a 

 Silex, which contains numerous flint nodules. Below this loam 



