WORKING-PLAN FOR THE ALICE HOLT FOREST. 85 
the beginning of the nineteenth century, considerable quantities 
of oak timber were cut for the navy; so that about the year 
1810 little big timber was left. At that time it was resolved to 
replant a considerable area of the Crown lands, so as to create 
a reserve of oak timber for the use of the navy. Under this 
movement the Alice Holt Woods were planted with oak between 
the years 1815 and 1825, the only exception being, apparently, 
the western half of Straits Inclosure, which seems to be some 
years younger than the rest of the oak-woods. In the course of 
time the plantations were periodically thinned to such an extent 
that they are now too thinly stocked. The development of the 
oak has been very uneven. In some parts the trees have 
reached a fair size and shape, showing a height of 60 feet and 
upwards, in others the development has been so poor that the 
height may be put down at from 30 to 4o feet. There is an 
intermediate class, the mean height of which varies, according 
to locality, between 40 and 60 feet. 
Certain areas of the lowest class have already been converted 
into coniferous woods. There is also a limited area of coppice. 
By classifying the woods in accordance with these remarks, 
the following Table is obtained :— 
Classification of Woods. 
Oak-Woods. 
| Cop- | N 
Name of 1st class. | 2nd class. | 3rd class. ba Plante Grand 
Inclosure. Mean ean Mean Woods. | eananul Total. 
height, height, height, Total. 
60 feet 40 to 60 | under 4o 
and over.| feet. | feet. 
Acres. | Acres. | Acres. Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | 
1. Glenbervie, 194 | 155 349 | + 14 363 
2. Willow’s Green, . 106 | 75 181 17 198 | 
3. Abbott’s Wood, . fe) 167 35 212 16 228 
4. Holt Pound, . 2 217 21 240 I 241 
5. Goose Green, . 49 167 7 223 223 
6. Straits, . 236 236 236 
Total, . 297 851 293 1.441 I 47 |1,489 
7. Lodge Inclosure, . 18 295 38 351 30 14 395 
Grand Total, . SUSmeae E140 331 1,792 31 61 | 1,884 
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