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considered, and for all practical purposes may be put down 

 at 5 per acre, taking the British Isles as a whole. 



Regarding financial returns from tree planting, there is 

 overwhelming proof that land worth only from Is. to 

 3s. Qd. per acre has been made to realise as much as 

 20s. per acre for fifty or sixty years, with a final crop worth 

 from 50 to 75 per acre. 



Taking all the above points into consideration the 

 price of land, the cost of planting and the financial 

 returns it will amply repay the State to plant up un- 

 cultivated and waste lands. There should be no loss of 

 time in setting about this work if we are to provide 

 suitable employment for our returned soldiers and sailors 

 and avoid the threatened timber famine which, according 

 to well-informed quarters, is fast approaching. 



