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wards of L- 100 per annum from 60 acres of woodland. Northumberland Re- 

 port, p. 125. -In Cornwall, copse wood of common oak, cut down at from 20 

 to 30 years' growth, sells at from L.20 to L.60 per acre. Cornwall Report, 

 p. 98. The tithe laws of England, in many cases, render it more profitable to 

 raise wood than grain, in many descriptions of soil. 



515 This is about 27s. per acre per annum, or 20s. per acre, deducting taxes, 

 &c. 



516 Report, vol. ii. p. 224. The reporter is a strenuous advocate for clear- 

 ing many of the best woodlands, and bringing them under cultivation. Plan- 

 tations, he admits, should at the same time be extended, over steep and stony 

 wastes. Ditto, p. 226, 236, and 261. 



517 Sussex Report, p. 179. 



518 Darwin's Phytologia, p. 526. L.I in 15 years, is less than 10s. per an- 

 num, after paying taxes, and other deductions. The rent would not exceed 7s. 

 per acre. Remark by John Middleton, Esq. 



519 In the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire, from the want of wood, they 

 are under the necessity of using straw as fuel, thus destroying the fertility of 

 their arable land. Turner's Report of Gloucestershire, p. 54. In the Stafford- 

 shire Report, p. 98, note, their earthenware could not be sent out of the coun- 

 try, unless packed up in crates or baskets. Coal mines without wooden props 

 could not, in many cases, be worked. 



520 The inhabitants of the Hebrides, for instance, have to undertake a dan- 

 gerous voyage, of from thirty to seventy miles, before they can build a barn ; 

 or make a plough, even of the rudest construction ; or procure a flail ; or even 

 the handle of a spade. This want of timber distresses the people in their houses, 

 in their husbandry, and in every art. Dr Walker's Economical History of the 

 Hebrides, p. 207. 



521 Analysis of the views of" Improved Agriculture," &c. by F. Vander- 

 straeten, (a Flemish author), p. 18. In Britain, proprietors generally receive 

 the value of the soil cultivated, in 25 years, by annual instalments ; but in 

 Flanders, the plantations round their fields, will yield, it is said, the value of the 

 cultivated, as well as planted soil, in 40 years. 



522 West Riding Report, p. 123. 



523 Wilts Report, p. 89. Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 221, 228, 315. 



524 Berkshire Report, p. 240. 



525 Wilts Report, p. 84. 



526 Wilts Report, p. 85. 



527 Sussex Report, p. 165. 



528 Vancouver's North- East Essex, p. 32. Young's Calendar, p. 33. 



529 Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 264. 



530 Somerset Report, p. 230. 



531 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 81. 



532 Wilts Report, p. 89. 



533 Mr Davis, Wilts Report, p. 86, enumerates the various purposes to 

 which young trees are applied, as Ash poles, for sheep cribs, rind hoops for 

 barrels, rigging for ships, &c. Hazel Sheep hurdles, spars for thatching, and 

 pease and beans sticks, dead hedges, &c. Alder, Willow, Birch, &c. Poles for 

 rafters, pattens, clogs, shoe-heels, coal pit uses, rails for fencing, &c. Oak 

 For hop-poles, where the culture of that plant prevails, &c. 



534 Preliminary Observations to the Westmoreland Report, p. 288. 



535 It is still so about Wingerworth, Alderwasley, &c. Derbyshire Report, 

 vol. ii. p. 235. 



536 Cheshire Report, p. 326. Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 339 These 

 twigs and buds are collected by women and children, and pressed into bags 

 when dry. They should be used early by the tanners, after being crushed un- 

 der their rolling stones. 



537 Sussex Report, p. 182. 



538 Hence it is strongly recommended, as a matter of policy as well as jus- 



