ESSAY ON I'TKL PLANTATIONS. 



a good firewood, but does not grow so rapidly as the Euca- 

 lyptus; it has much tar in it and burns green but is not 

 suited for building timber and it has an objectionable habit 

 of throwing up suckers from its roots. The Eucalyptus 

 could be treated as coppice but would not pay so well. I 

 annex a balance sheet to show the profit of an acre of Euca- 

 lyptus at the end of 40 years. In grass-land the profit 

 would be one-half. It is understood that much depends on 

 judicious thinning, not to take out strong trees to allow 

 weak ones to come on, as is sometimes done, for it must be 

 clearly understood that a strong tree is always a strong tree, 

 but it does not follow that a weak tree will grow into a 

 strong tree by having room given to it to expand. There 

 may be other causes than want of root space which retard 

 its growth, such as inherent constitutional weakness, poor 

 soil, incipient disease, &c. 



Balance Sheet of an Acre of Eucalyptus from 1st to 

 4:Qth year 



Or. RS. 

 10 Sale of 500 trees, 125 tons at 



Rs. 8 a ton 1,000 



Deduct charges ... ... 401 



Balance profit ... 539 



200 trees = 400 tons at Rs. 8 ... 3,200 

 (200 trees at 50 cubic feet = 



10,000 cubic feet at 8 annas 



a foot ... ... ... ... 5,000 



100 trees at 100 cubic feet at 



annas 12* 7,500 



Tops of 100 trees 1 ton each at 



Rs. 8 800 



Total ...17,039 

 Deduct charges ... 6,140 



Rent 30 years at Rs. 2 ... 60 

 Watching at Rs. 84 a year for 



20 years 1,680 



Felling 400 trees at annas 8... 200 



Felling 100 trees at R. 1 ... 100 



Carting 1,200 tons at Rs. 2 ... 2,400 



Carting 100 tons at Rs. 2 ... 200 



Selling charges, &c 1,500 



balance profit ... 10,899 



Total 



6,140 



* 100 cubic feet are under the mark, but I have thought it. bettor to kei-p the 

 ige at this. 



