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ESSAY ON FUEL PLANTATIONS. 



I now proceed to annex a balance sheet of a Teak fuel and 

 timber plantation. The wood has high calorific properties 

 from the quantity of oil it contains, and it makes excellent 

 charcoal. Teak timber near the coast always brings a good 

 price. We will assume that a good site is chosen on the 

 banks of a river navigable to the sea on the western coast. 

 A few miles more or less of water-carriage do not affect the 

 profits of firewood, nor, indeed, does railway carriage; for 

 at 8 pies a ton a mile, fuel may be carried 30 miles without 

 disturbing the profits, as fuel can always afford to pay Rs. 

 1-8-0 a ton for carriage. Teak can be treated as coppice but, 

 as shown above, the returns do not equal the fuel and timber 

 system. 



Balance Sheet of a Teak Fuel and Timber Plantation 

 40 years 



Tot*] .. 5,680 i 



