ESSAY ON FUEL PLANTATIONS. 



91 



By the end of the eighth year, the trees will average, if 

 planted on fairly good soil, 10 iaches in diameter at least, and 

 weigh 300 Ibs. a piece. It will take 8 such trees to produce 

 a ton of firewood, and if they are planted 6 feet x 6* feet the 

 acre of 1,200 trees will produce 150 tons at 8 rupees a toil 

 = 1,200 rupees. Felling and lopping charges at 3 annas 

 per tree will cost 225 rupees. 



RS. 



Carting 150 tons at 1-8 per ton 225 



Supervision and sundries, say ... .. 20 



Then for 12J years the profit on the whole 500-acre Block 

 will be 



RS. 



3,750 



4,500 

 2,000 



Expenditure. 



750,000 plants at Rs. 5 per 



1,000 



Pitting 600,000 18-in. cube 



pits at 12 as. per 100 ... 

 Shading and watering ... ") 

 Planting 500 acres ... J 

 * Shading and watering at 



30 rupees per acre 

 2 Watchmen at 100 rupees 



a year each 

 Quit-rent at 1 rupee per 



acre for 12 years 



Total . 34,000 



Simple interest at 10 per 



cent, for 8 years 27,200 



Felling and lopping 500 

 acres of Fuel at 225 

 rupees per acre 1,12,500 



Carting 75,000 tons at 1-8 

 per ton 1,12,500 



Supervision and sundries... 10,000 



Receipts. 



RS. 



By sale of 75,000 tons of 



Fuel at 8 rupees per ton. 6,00,000 

 Deduct charges 2,96,200 



Net profit ... 3,03,800 



Total ... 2,96,200 



Final Eemar'ks : It is difficult at present to fix the exact 

 amount of calorific power of the various species of Indian 

 trees. It may be taken for granted, however, that the 

 denser and harder the wood, the higher the amount of 

 calorific power it possesses. Resinous woods, and such as 

 are of an oily nature, e.g. } teak, satinwood, sandal, black- 

 wood, &c., burn with a fierce flame, but throw out dense 



* Till plants are established. 



