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200 trees sold for £55. At 45 years, the average contents of 200 

 trees was 10 cubic feet; value at lOJ. per foot, £S'S ; and 12 

 tons of bark at 35s., £21. Total value, £104. At 48 years, 100 

 trees sold for £82. At 58 years, 50 trees sold for £G8. At GO 

 years, the remaining 50 trees averaged 20 feet ; value at Is. 4d., 

 £66, 13s. 4d., including bark. I have allowed nothing for thinnings 

 previous to 30 years of age, as the cost of thinning equalled the 

 receipts. Total value of crop at GO years, and thinnings since 

 30 years old, £296, 13s. 4d. 



On No. 2 soil, at 30 years, the trees were shorter and not so 

 clean grown as the previous lot ; their average contents being 2 

 cubic feet ; and the value of the COO trees and bark being 

 £40, 10s. At 32 years, 200 trees sold for £15. At 40 years, 

 200 trees sold for £40. At 45 years, the average of 200 trees was 

 8 feet; value at 8d., £70, 10s., including 10 tons of bark. At 48 

 years, 70 trees sold for £52. At 56 years, 40 trees sold for £30. 

 At 60 years, the remaining 90 trees averaged 14 feet; value at 

 Is., £63, and 8 tons of bark, £14. Total value of crop, £214. 



On No. 3 soil, at 30 years, there were 600 trees, with an average 

 of 1| cubic feet, value, £26, 5s. ; and 5^ tons of bark, value 

 £9, 3s. At 32 years, 200 trees sold for £14. At 40 years, 200 

 trees sold for £47. At 45 years, 200 trees averaged 6 feet ; at 8d., 

 £40 ; and 1\ tons of bark, £13. At 48 years, 60 trees sold for 

 £23. At 58 years, 50 trees sold for £25. At 60 years, the 

 average of the remaining 90 trees was 11 feet; value at Is., 

 £49, 10s. ; value of bark, £12. Total value of crop, £170, 10s. 



On No. 4 soil, the 600 trees at 30 years of age contained 3 

 cubic feet each, at 6d. ; value, including 9 tons of bark, £60, 15s. 

 At 32 years, 200 trees sold for £24. At 40 years, 200 trees sold 

 for £50. At 45 years, 200 trees averaged 9 feet; value at lOd., 

 £75 ; and 11 tons of bark, £19. At 48 years, 80 trees sold for 

 £54. At 56 years, 60 trees sold for £50. At 60 years, the 

 remaining 60 trees averaged 16 feet; value at Is. 4d., £64; and 

 6 tons of bark, £10, 10s. Total value of crop, £252, 10s. 



Before passing on from the oak, it may be as well to explain 

 that at 60 years, it is at a period of its life when its increase in 

 size and value is at a much greater ratio than in the preceding 

 stages of its growth ; but, as 60 years is an age at which many 

 of our timber trees have arrived at maturity, and most of them 

 can be felled with advantage, I deem it best not to extend 

 the comparisons further. 



