348 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Planta- Be Total 
Divisions. Coppice. Hors a = Wood- 
eae Boe: lands. 
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. 
I. Easternand North-Eastern, } 47,159] 11,297 189,038 247,494 
II. South-Eastern and East 
Midland, . : . | 270,683 | 15,580] 318,303} 604,566 
III. West Midland and South- 
Western, : 184,618 | 16,156 268,815 469, 589 
IV. Northern and _  North- 
Western, 35,063 | 16,614] 341,547| 393,824 
ENGLAND, . 538,123 | 59,647 | 1,117,703 | 1,715,473 
V. WALES, . : : 15,733 8,629 159,999 184,361 
VI. SCOTLAND (Eastern), 8,645 | 22,768 421,489 452,902 
VII. ScoTLanpD (Western), 14,370 | 12,639 388,498 415,507 
GREAT BRITAIN, 576,871 | 103,683 | 2,087,689 | 2,768,243 
The present total area thus shown in Great Britain, 2,768,243 
acres, is 42,127 acres in excess of that returned ten years ago. 
This extension was, however, confined to England and Wales, 
the total area of woods in Scotland showing a decline of 
10,356 acres. The decrease north of the Tweed has occurred 
notwithstanding the fact that 35,407 acres of land are returned 
as having been planted or replanted during the past ten years, 
so that it would appear that the clearance of woodland areas 
by storms and from other causes has been considerably greater 
than the owners of land have been able to make good. 
Some indication of the extent of planting or replanting which 
has apparently taken place within the past twenty-four years 
may perhaps be given by comparing the returns of plantations 
collected for 1891, 1895, and 1905 respectively. The areas 
planted or replanted in the three periods for the agricultural 
divisions above referred to are given in the next Table. 
It will be noted that whereas the earlier and later periods 
extended over ten years, the intermediate period embraced only 
four years. By dividing the figures in each case by the number 
of years represented, the apparent average annual rate of 
planting thus obtained may be considered to indicate approxi- 
mately the relative amount of activity in woodland extension 
during each period. Subject to the caution already given as to 
the possibility of more complete returns, it would appear that 
planting was carried on in Great Britain, as a whole, during the 
