YIELD AND FINANCIAL RESULTS. 43 



Returns of one Acre of Beech ]Vu<><l. 



Thinning at the' age of shillings. 



40 years = 50 cubic feet at 6(7. 25 



Id. = 58 

 ., ,, 8(7. : 187 

 ,. 9<7. = 262 

 ,, 10(7. 333 

 11(7. = 422 

 Is. -- 560 

 Is. -- 600 

 Ditto, 120 4,000 Is. = = 4,000 



Returns <>J one Acre of Oak ]] T ood. 



Thinning at the age of shillings. 



40 years = 60 cubic feet at '.</. = 45 



J)itto, 50 150 ,, .. 10(7. = 125 



Ditto, 60 *200 ,, ., 11(7. = 1<>2 



Ditto, 70 r , 230 ., Is. 0<7. = 230 



Ditto, 80 ,, 240 ... Is. 1(7. = 260 



Ditto, 90 250 ,, ,, Is. 2d. -- 292 



Ditto, 100 260 .. Is. 3(7. = 325 



Ditto, 110 270 ,, Is. 4(7. = 360 



Ditto, 1-20 ,, 270 Is. od. -- 381 



Final yield, 130 ,, 4,070 ,, ,,. Is. 6c/. == 6,105 



These data must be considered as very moderate in amount. 

 More especially the early thinnings are likely to yield more 

 than I have estimated. However, my object was to keep on 

 the safe side, and to introduce into the amount the minima of 

 returns which may be expected from average land. 



I must next deal with the expenses. They are the cost of 

 planting, looking after the plantations, rates and taxes, etc. 

 These items must be estimated on the supposition that a con- 

 siderable area is planted, say 1,000 acres. I have raised my 

 own plants during the last sixteen years, planted during the 

 same period some 2,000 acres under varying conditions, and 



