88 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
Total Extent of Extent owned by 
Gathering Grounds. Local Authorities. 
Country. 
Local 
Local Companies 
etc. ; Authorities. Acres. 
Authorities. Acres, 
England and Wales 127 14 591,336 64+ |140,305 
Scotland . . 78 ... {243,624 16 27,829 
Ireland : ‘ 46 1* | 93,8385 9 15,282 
Total . : 251 15 928,795 89+ |183,416 
* Water supply owned by private landowner. 
t+ One Company is included in these totals. 
In conclusion it is encouraging to know that the few 
Corporations who have been in earnest are satisfied with 
the results of their afforestation schemes. Liverpool, Leeds, 
Birmingham, and Manchester have all done notable work, 
an account of which may fittingly conclude the present 
chapter. 
Liverpool.—The most important work of this kind is 
probably the systematic afforestation that has been carried 
out during recent years by the Liverpool Corporation on 
their catchment areas at Vyrnwy and Rivington (12). 
The Vyrnwy gathering ground (13), with a total area 
of 22,742 acres, is situated in the valley of the River 
Vyrnwy, near its source in Montgomeryshire, and ranges in 
elevation from 780 to 2000 feet, with an average annual 
rainfall of 70 inches. The artificial reservoir, known as 
Lake Vyrnwy, covers 1121 acres, and three catchment 
areas drain into it, namely, the River Vyrnwy area, 18,000 
acres, the Cownwy stream area, 3092 acres, and the 
Marchnant stream area, 1650 acres, making a total of 
22,742 acres, practically all of which has now been 
acquired by the Liverpool Corporation; but there are on 
the Vyrnwy area some disputed boundaries near the tops 
of the watershed lines not yet settled. In the Cownwy and 
Marchnant areas the Corporation have, to suit the con- 
venience of the vendor, taken over some farms, which 
extend beyond the catchment areas. The land, in great 
