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between the Biggarsberg and Muellor's Pass, where the Incandu and Ingagani 

 Rivers take their rise. At the head of the basin of the Ingagani each small 

 valley consists of comparatively flat ground, surveyed into a farm, surrounded by a 

 semicircle of mountains partly covered with forest. Above the farm " Schietnek " four 

 or five small pieces form some 200 acres of forest ; but the steepness of the ground has 

 precluded its working. 



Above Stellalie Hoek, a forest of 700 acres is situated in a kloof running to the 



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south. The ground is rocky and very steep ; bat timber is worked near the entrance to 

 the gorge, 



In the next valley, that above Bamboos Hoek, so called from clumps of Bey bamboo 

 (Arundinaria tesselata, MunroJ found at 6,000 feet, there are 500 acres of forest in 

 scattered patches, containing good timber. Though the ground is steep, the greater 

 portion could be worked. 



Further north, the valley of which the farm " Marsden Ash " occupies the centre, is 

 larger than the preceding ; the forests scattered on the surrounding mountains, prin- 

 cipally on the spur to the north, cover about 2,000 acres, and consist of scattered 

 patches, the largest of which are not more than 200 or 300 acres in area. Some contain 

 very fine timber, and may eventually pay to work when the country, is opened up more 

 than it is at present. 



From the last valley, the ground forms a massive plateau, the edge of which is 

 wooded in several places. Above the farm " Normandien " a forest of a thousand 

 acres, covering south and south-east slopes, contains some fine timber. Yellowwood here 

 attains a larger size than is usually the case in the Drakensberg. Part of the forest is 

 included in " Normandien," and it will be expedient to lay out the boundary line to 

 prevent encroachments on either side. Above this forest, at the foot of the next terrace, 

 is another strip of 200 acres, containing a considerable quantity of Upright Yellowwood. 

 The altitude of the upper forest is about 6,OCO feet, that of the lower from 5,000 to 

 5,500 feet. 



From one half to one third of the area of the leased lot tl Havelock," containing 

 :2 680 acres, is clothed by the Ulumbe forest, at the head of the Incandu River, but much 

 of it is too steep for working. 



About five miles to the south-east, there is a forest of 500 acres, on south slopes over- 

 looking the farm BufFel's Hoek, which could be worked without much difficulty. 



Other small forests are dispersed above the farm Tuifel Hoek, a few miles north-east 

 of Mueller's Pass; but further north, the country is found almost entirely devoid of timber, 

 till the Inkwelo is reached. 



The principal species of trees found in the Newcastle forests enumerated above, are 

 the following : Upright and Outeniqua Yellowwood, Wild Chesnut, Camdeboo Stink- 



