228 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
(2) All streams are strongly fenced off, and springs are 
carried in pipes underground so that no water lies on the 
surface. (3) The grazing of cattle and sheep is confined to 
certain areas. (4) The use of manure is limited to certain 
areas, and certain kinds of manure are prohibited. 
Of the 284 acres of plantations, 183 acres were planted 
in the years 1899 to 1916. Mr. S. C. Chapman, C.E.,, the 
able engineer in charge, has sent me a plan of the catchment 
area, which shows that the plantations are being made on 
the slopes round the reservoirs. If the flat lands beyond 
are ever again occupied for grazing purposes, the wide belt 
of trees will form a protective barrier. It is the rule to 
purchase 1- to 2-year-old seedling trees, which are placed 
in nurseries till old enough to plant out. The planta- 
tions have been successful. See Journ. Roy. Sanitary Inst. 
xxx (L910): 
The Report of the Development Commissioners for 1912— 
1913 mentions “the application of the Torquay Town 
Council, on which they have agreed to approve a scheme 
that would ultimately provide for the planting of about 
10,000 acres on Dartmoor.” This scheme apparently never 
was proceeded. with. 
Okehampton obtains its water supply from two gathering 
erounds on Dartmoor: (1) from an intake on the Redaven 
stream at Yes Tor, with a catchment area of 560 acres, 
without any dwelling-houses or farmsteads; and (2) a 
gathering ground from springs, of 100 acres in Western 
Park, on which there are two dwelling-houses and farm- 
steads. The Town Council own no part of the gathering 
grounds, which are entirely hill pasture and moorland. 
The water from Yes Tor area passes through filter beds. 
Paignton Urban District Council obtains its water supply 
from the Holne or Venford reservoir, on Holne Moor, Dart- 
moor, which impounds the Venford Brook, a tributary of the 
river Dart. It is a mile north-west of Holne, the birth- 
place of Charles Kingsley. The Town Council “ wisely 
followed the admirable precedent set by ‘Torquay, and 
