SOIL AND I QUALITY I. 

 SITUATION / (the best). 



LARCH (close canopy) 



[Continued. 



This sum represents the average nett income per acre which will In: earned upon the average 

 when once the forest is in proper working rotation, t.f., when it is normally stocked 

 with crop* of all gn from one year old up to maturity. The cost of replanting is estimated at 5 per 

 acre, and it is assumed that the land is allowed to lie fallow for one year. 



Diagrams 



showing 



proportion of 



Thinnings to 



Final Crop. 



On a 

 48-year 



rotation. 



IN VOLUME. 

 (To 3 inches diameter.) 



IN VALUE. 



On an 

 80-year 



rotation. 



The most profitable rotation 



(according to the yields and prices indicated) 



Is one of 5O to 56 years, if interest is reckoned at 3J or 

 4 per cent. 



Prices of Timber (standing). 



The timber has been valued according to the following scale of 

 prices : 



Trees containing less than j cub. ft. at per 100 poles. 



Per cub. ft. 



Trees containing less than 64 cub. ft. . 



6J cub. ft. and less than 8J cub. ft. 



8J 15 



15 25 



25 35 



35 and over 



s - D - "I Including 

 06V "tops " to 3 in. 

 6^J diameter. 



10 



1 

 1 



1 2 



" Tops " below 

 . - 6 in. q.g. at 

 3d. per cub. ft. 



