THINNING. 9 5 



acre, namely, 282 Scotch pine, 4 1 larch, 2 spruce, and 

 2 various, and was worth altogether ^128, 5 s. The 

 annual top growth per acre was 247 lineal feet, worth 

 27s., transferable value £(^ per acre, and prospective 

 value at sixty years' growth, £^(>, lis. The transfer- 

 able value in this case is less than that of No. 4, owing 

 to having been thinned to the extent of what would at 

 least pay the original outlay. The plantation was 

 systematically thinned in 1869 to the extent of 800 

 trees, which realised by auction ^15, equal to about 

 4jd. each, and cost in cutting, lotting, &c., 40s. 



Fence. — The fence, originally turf with whin hedge, 

 is now done up with a three-wire fence on top, 1 1 2 2 

 yards in extent, and cost ;^20, 5 s., including materials 

 and labour. 



Brains. — The drains, 800 yards in extent, were, 

 after thinning the plantation, duly cleaned out, which 

 cost 24s. 



Roads. — There is only one road through the planta- 

 tion, about 400 yards in length, which, owing to the 

 hard quality of the soil and small traffic upon it, has 

 required no repairs. 



This is one of the best and most thriving planta- 

 tions upon the estate, and having been uniformly well 

 managed, is likely to pay well. In addition to the 

 annual growth being worth 27s. per acre, the planta- 

 tion is let for grazing of sheep or cattle at 70s. per 

 annum. 



No. 6 is a mixed fir plantation, planted in 1837, 

 and contains twenty-eight acres. Like most of the 



