WORKING-PLAN FOR THE ALICE HOLT FOREST. 95 
2. By allowing a certain number of years (not less than four) 
to elapse before a second cutting is made adjoining the 
previous one. 
At the outset some slight modification of these measures must 
be adopted, for the following reasons :— 
(a) The cutting and replanting of third-class oak areas has 
already been commenced in the middle of several 
inclosures. 
(4) It is desirable to bring the bulk of the remaining third- 
class oak as soon as possible under the axe. 
Under these circumstances, an arrangement on the following 
lines seems indicated. The /yrsf cutting series to comprise the 
northern half of Glenbervie, cuttings to commence on the west 
side of the plantations of 1886, 1892, and 1893, and to go on 
by degrees until the western boundary of the inclosure is 
reached, then to continue in the second-class woods on the 
eastern boundary of the inclosure. 
The second cutting series to comprise the southern half of 
Glenbervie, cuttings to commence on the eastern edge of the 
third-class oak and to proceed steadily towards the western 
boundary, then to recommence in the second-class oak on the 
eastern edge of the inclosure. 
The ¢hird cutting series to consist of Willow’s Green. The 
cuttings to be arranged as indicated on the map. 
The fourth cutting series to consist of Abbott's Wood, 
excepting the patch of first-class oak on the western boundary. 
Cuttings to commence along the eastern edge in the third-class 
oak and gradually extend to the west. If found more suitable, 
the number of cutting series can be doubled by dividing each of 
the above into two. The more numerous the cutting series are, 
the more independent will hereafter be the management of the 
coniferous woods. 
The total area of second and third-class oak in the five 
inclosures amounts to 1144 acres, and the question arises, In 
how many years should the work be done? Assuming that a 
more or less sustained annual yield is wanted, the work should 
take as many years as the new coniferous crops require to yield 
marketable timber. This may be estimated at, say, 60 years. 
As it is proposed to deal with 15 acres of first-class oak annually 
during the first twenty years, it may be desirable to reduce 
during that period the cuttings in the second and third-class oak 
