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AKFORKSTATION IN SCOTLAND. 



During the first decade of operations at the Fort Augustus 

 centre, the number of men permanently employed in forestry 

 would be roughly as follows ; — 



A 



Employed 



mainly 



in connection 



with 



Planting 



operations. 



B 



Employed 

 in connection 



with the 

 erection of 



offices, 

 houses on 

 crofts, etc. 



Head forester .... 



Under foresters 



Forest guards .... 



" Flying squad ' ot rabbit 

 trappers .... 



Planters ..... 



Fencers ..... 



Boys ..... 



Men clearing the planting area, 

 and carting timber from 

 same .... 



Clerk of the Works . 



Forest estate mason 



Forest estate carpenter 



Men employed on " day's 



wages," not including work 



done by occupier 



Estate sawmills. 



Treatment of existing timber 

 crop (excluding the timber 

 cleared off the annual 

 planting area). 



Manufacture of timber. 



Erection of plant. 

 Total employed under A and B r= 73 men, 6 boys. 



Em])loyed 



in connection 



with 



existing 



Woods (birch, 



oak, fir, etc.). 



6 



3 



6 



lY.B. — Estimates for planting, house building, etc., can be 

 put forward which are based on actual experience, and with 

 all the necessary facts by which the calculations can be 

 checked. But no estimate is submitted of the amount of 

 employment afforded under (C). This must depend on many 

 problematical factors : the amoimt of standing timber bought 

 from the proprietors, which in turn governs, to a certain extent, 

 the method of handling; the rotation in which the birch 

 crop is {a) thinned, (l>) felled; and the amount of birch-wood 

 manufactured (bobbins, pulp, etc.) on the spot. 'J'hat the 



