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woods may be brought into the proper rotation. After fifty 

 years it is probable that clean cutting of certain areas can begin, 

 particularly where spruce is grown; but the question of the length 

 of the rotation is highly problematic, and must be reviewed at a 

 later period in the light of experience of the particular ground, 

 and of the direction in which timber utilisation tends. 



The planting will thus proceed as follows : — 



acres. 



Between the ist and 15th years (450 acres per annum) 6750 



i6th „ 30th ,, (300 „ ) 4500 



3rst ,, 40th ,, (300 ,, ) 3000 



,, 41st „ 50th ,, (at least 75 acres per annum) 750 



15,000 



The whole area should be divided into three sections, which 

 would ultimately form three separate units of management. 

 Thus in each year the planting will go on simultaneously at three 

 different centres within the area. To begin with, all three 

 sections will be under the charge of one head forester, with an 

 assistant in each of the three districts. 



The position of each year's planting up to the fortieth year 

 is shown on Map No. 3, the figures on the map signifying the 

 year in which the planting is to take place. The different 

 colours on the map show the positions of the three sections. 

 The positions of the plantations from the forty-first year onwards 

 are not shown, as in the last period the planting will consist 

 in joining up or extending the existing plantations, in whatever 

 direction seems most desirable. 



Nursery. — -The extent to which the young plants can be raised 

 locally at the outset will depend on the labour available. About 

 1,500,000 plants will be required annually for the first fifteen 

 years. The plants required will be 2-year-old seedlings and 

 3- and 4-year-old transplants. To raise the necessary number of 

 young plants a nursery of at least 1 2 acres will be required. 

 In the first instance, one nursery will serve, although in the 

 course of time, when the labour question has adjusted itself, it 

 will be found expedient to have at least three permanent nurseries, 

 one for each of the three centres. Temporary nurseries should 

 also be started in the more outlying districts. In Glen Moriston 

 there is room for at least two of these. The temporary nursery 

 is merely a patch of suitable ground within the enclosed area, 



