Chapter IV. 



RENT AND OTHER CHARGES. 

 RENT. 



In calculating the rent of the ground that will be taken for 

 forestry proper — that is to say, the ground that will actually be 

 planted, not that which will be used for small holdings for 

 workers, etc. — it is necessary to emphasise certain points. 



If the method advocated for the Fort Augustus Block be 

 followed, it will be seen that the whole plantable area of the 

 deer forests will be obtained for afforestation at a cost of one- 

 third of the gross annual rent ; and that, provided always that 

 no more than ^;^ per cent, of the total wintering is ever enclosed 

 from deer at any given time, the whole of the land capable of 

 afforestation will be planted and replanted without any increase 

 of rent. 



On sheep ground and on grouse ground, the loss in grazing 

 value, charged to forests, will be represented by the difference 

 between the rent obtained from a permanent sheep stock and 

 that from a flying or summer stock, while the difference in shoot- 

 ing rents will be based on the principles laid down in the 

 previous chapter. 



Put into concrete form, it will be seen that the rent of the 

 Fort Augustus Block will work out roughly as follows : — 



Drer Forests : 



Invermoriston (part of), 



Dundreggan, 



Levishy, 



Port Clare, 



Inchnacardoch, 



Glendoe (part of). 



Culachy, 



Total value, . . ;^53oc> 



