REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 357 
England. In Scotland you said that 70 per cent. of the land was 
waste; you have not stated how much of that was suitable for 
planting?” ‘That would require a very detailed inquiry. I 
gave a rough estimate for the three countries together, and then 
I dealt specially, at the request of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 
with Ireland. The one estimate of 20,000 square miles refers to 
England, Scotland, and Ireland.”—“ Of the 70 per cent. in Scot- 
land which is waste, according to your statement, have you made 
any estimate of what is really suitable for planting; have you 
considered in any way how much of the 70 per cent. of waste 
land is at such an altitude that it is not likely to pay for planting 
at all?” ‘‘There is a portion above a certain altitude which 
cannot be planted, but I cannot say at present how much that is.” 
—‘ Would you give the Committee any idea of the limit where 
you have seen the larch in Scotch forests?” “I think the larch 
in Scotland does fairly well up to 2000 ft.; above that it does 
not pay. I have seen it planted up to about 2500 or 2600 ft., 
and I thought that it did fairly well up to about 2000 feet. 
Probably it would have been better if they had stopped at about 
1800 ft.; in some parts they might go up to 2000 ft. It 
depends a great deal upon the locality, but I do not think it 
would pay generally to plant it above 1800 to 2000 ft.".—“ In 
the event of a forest school being established in connection with 
Cooper’s Hill, would you recommend that all young men from Scot- 
land should be obliged to come so far as to the south of England 
in order to obtain the information and knowledge which is 
desirable upon that subject ; because the distance from the north 
of England or Scotland, where we want a number of young men 
trained in forestry, would be a considerable element?” ‘ I should 
say it is a matter of expense. If you have money to establish 
the two forest schools, it would be better to start the two; if you 
have not the money, and, what is also a very important thing, if 
you have not yet a sufficient number of people to select your 
teachers and professors from, it is probably better to begin with 
one school.”—‘‘ Upon the whole, if the conditions were favourable, 
you think it would be more satisfactory to have, in addition to 
the school at Cooper’s Hill, a forestry school in Scotland?” “T 
am not prepared to subscribe to that statement. There would 
probably be a great deal of difficulty in making satisfactory 
arrangements in one place, and if you start with two or three 
places the difficulties would be doubled and trebled, It is, how- 
