2G0 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



GENERAL FORESTRY. 



Examinations of Woodland. 



Our custom, continued now for several years, of giving first 

 place under "general forestry" to an account of examinations of 

 woodland belonging to private owners, seems again to be justified 

 by a slight increase over last year, both numerically and in area, 

 of unsolicited examinations of this character, thus keeping this 

 branch of our work well to the front in importance. 



Not only has this increase taken place, but, what is still more 

 gratifying, the proportion of examinees who are actually following 

 or are on the point of taking up the recommendations of the office 

 has surpassed that of last year by nearly 10 per cent. An increase 

 of this kind is much more gratifying than would be the increase in 

 number of examinations alone. The total area of land examined 

 exceeds last year's figures by nearly 2,000 acres. 



Owing to this increase, as well as to the additional amount of 

 land surveyed and mapped, no systematic attempt has been made 

 to pursue the work of inspecting former examinations, in accord- 

 ance with the hope expressed last year. Several such inspections 

 have been made in the regular course of the work, however, as 

 will appear below. 



The following tables give lists of the examinations and inspections 

 made, their location and area. A table of costs will be found at 

 the end of this section of the report. 



