HISTORY OF BRITISH WOODLANDS 



special reference is made in Chapter XIII. It 

 is sincerely to be hoped that this report will 

 not follow its predecessors into oblivion, but 

 be adopted and carried into effect without 

 delay. Briefly the scheme is that 1,770,000 

 acres of coniferous forest which it is proposed 

 to create are reckoned to be mature at 80 

 years, and the whole area is to be planted up 

 within that period, 250,000 acres in the first 

 10 years, and the remainder in the following 

 70 years. It is with the first 10 years that the 

 published scheme deals. Of these 250,000 

 acres 50,000 are to be purchased, 100,000 

 leased, 25,000 treated on a proceed-sharing 

 basis, 25,000 dealt with by local authorities and 

 private persons, and 50,000 to be replanted. 



Regarding the utility of timber, it may 

 truly be said that from the time we get up in 

 the morning till we retire at night, from the 

 cradle to the grave, we are daily availing our- 

 selves in one way or another of the products 

 of trees. Timber, whether in a converted or 

 unconverted state, is essential in practically 

 every form of commercial enterprise, including 



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