VALUE OF TIMBER. 



thoufand pounds have been given, over and above 

 the valuation of the lands. 



The purchafers of fuch eftates wifely forefee 

 the increafe of value which will arife from healthy 

 timber growing, where it may not only be che- 

 rimed till of full maturity, but where, probably, 

 it can then be turned to the bed advantage, by 

 reafon of its local fituation. But, befides the 

 real value of growing timber, there is mod gene- 

 rally an ideal value attached to it, namely, that of 

 its ornamental appearance. 



The actual profits arifmg from planted timber, 

 we have known, in feveral inftances, to be very 

 great ; and, probably, in none would it fink, in 

 eighty or an hundred years, below what could 

 have been procured from the land in name of 

 rent, provided the trees be well managed. One 

 inftance lately came under our obfervation, where 

 a plantation of an acre and a half of fycamores, 

 of 60 years (landing, was offered to be purchafed, 

 at the rate of 14!. per acre per annum fince the 

 time of planting ! and, perhaps, this fame land 

 would not, at an average, have rented at 305* per 

 acre per annum ! Other inftances might be ad- 

 duced, where the profits of planting have been re- 

 markably confpicuous. Thefe profits, however, 

 mufl vary, in every county and diflncl of the 

 kingdom, according to the quality of the foil, 

 local circumftances, and the like. Every pro- 



prietor 



