Effect of the destruction >>f trees upon the water supply and growth 

 of native grasses. The effect is very great upon the water supply. 

 Even within six months after ringing the supply gets stronger. The 

 grass grows thicker and is appreciated more by stock. 



Cosi per acre of ring-barking or sapping. Ring-barking, about 

 53. per acre ; price for sapping not stated. 



Cost per acre of clearing before and after the destruction of the 

 trees. Before ring-barking, ^5 per acre (wheat lands) ; after the 

 timber has been killed, ^3 per acre. 



Note. Mr. M'Kenzie Grant writes : " Ring-barking, I find, 

 is only the beginning of clearing the land, as the saplings and 

 young shoots keep springing up and have to be grubbed out year 

 after year." 



