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from ground under my control for the last twelve 
years. I should think it not unlikely that this rais- 
ing of trees in masses will soon become also a special 
object of attention to the railway department, within 
its own areas, to re-supply its own wants. 
While a divine may withdraw some of his slender 
means, or a teacher may devote a share of his scanty 
earning, to inclose the ground of his dwelling, with 
a view of protecting a few trees on spots not really 
their own, we may be sure that the authorities do 
not wish to see hundreds of miles of railway fences 
long left unutilized, so far as planting of trees is con- 
cerned, particularly as such fences for this purpose 
afford much ready inducement. The average width 
of the railway area is two and a half chains, both on 
the Ballarat and Echuca lines, therefore far wider 
than that of European lines, and spacious enough for 
tree plantations, at least of some kinds. The length 
of the N. E. Railway line will be one hundred and 
eighty-five miles, giving, consequently, three hundred 
and seventy miles’ length for plantations. The slower- 
growing or less - lofty trees would there be on their 
place, such as our Red Gum-tree, the Iron-bark-tree, 
the W. A. Yarrah, the Blackwood-tree, the British 
Oak, the Quebec and Live Oak, the Cork Oak, the 
Elm, the Ash, the Totara, the Chestnut -tree, the 
Walnut, the Hickory, and many others which do not 
suffer from exposure ; for while the railway loan will 
last for an indefinite period, the railway material, 
such as the fences, sleepers, cars, will not last forever, 
and for these the wood might thus inexpensively 
become re-available in due time. Even where the 
railway space is narrow the operation of lopping the 
