NATIONAL AFFORESTATION 



IRELAND. 



s. d. 

 Armagh, bog-land ... ... 5 2 per acre 



Tyrone, partial soiling ... ... 6 1 



Wicklow, 700 to 900 feet altitude, 



fencing and planting ... ... 41311 , 



Average cost per acre 5 5s. 8d. 





It may be well to emphasise the fact that 

 in all afforesting schemes special attention 

 should be directed to the formation of a block 

 of plantations in the vicinity of industrial 

 centres, or as close to the consuming centres 

 as possible. 



Another instance in Scotland may be re- 

 corded, in which 550 acres were planted at a 

 cost of 1,178, or at the rate of 2 2s. lOd. 

 per acre. This included fencing, 164 18s. 4d. ; 

 drainage, 123 15s.; plants, 520 10s.; plant- 

 ing, 368 16s. 8d. 



In connection with these figures it may be 

 assuring to state that in each case a strict 

 account of the expenditure involved had been 

 carefully noted, and the returns given are 

 practically correct. According to these returns 



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