25 



Tons. 



Castlemaine ... 37,500 



Casterton 14,000 



Daylesford (mining timber, 20,000 tons; fuel, 



50,000 tons) 70,000 



Dunkeld Sawn timber, 800,000 feet; rails, 

 20,000 pieces; red-gum posts, 10,000 

 pieces. 



Eltham 13,600 



Fryerstown 57,200 



Geelong 52,000 



Grant 4,600 



Maryborough 200,000 



Nunawading (cut under license) ... ... 10,000 



( without ) 190,000 



Sandhurst 300,000 



(Another informant gives the approximate 

 quantity used solely for fuel at 160,000 

 tons.) 



St. Arnaud ... 6,500 



Talbot (Shire of), and Borough of Amherst 

 Domestic fuel for 2887 houses, at 6 cords 

 or 19i tons, 55,430 tons; mining timber, 

 18,368 tons; mills, 3200 tons; charcoal, 

 3328 tons; public institutions, 2560 

 tons; bakers, &c., 1600 tons; fencing and 



building, 6400 tons ... 90,886 



Taradale (two-sevenths for mining and five- 

 sevenths for fuel) 8,750 



Tarnagulla 20,000 to 30,000 



Tylden (for fuel, 3890 tons; saw-mills, 15,500 



tons; for splitters' use, 2476 tons) ... 21,466 

 Villiers, County of (approximately) ... ... 150,000 



Whittlesea As much as 1800 trees are an- 

 nually used for palings, shingles, &c. 



Winchelsea 28,600 



Wood's Point 8,700 



Wooden d (for firewood and split or squared 

 timber cut under license, wholly exclusive 

 of that used by saw-mills) ... ... 41,181 



On the modes of raising or renovating forests, not much 

 can be said on this occasion. For natural upgrowth, perfect 

 clearing and fencing is recommendable. Subsequently, the 

 removal of young crooked trees and the surplus of saplings is 



