356 FOREST PLANTATIONS. 



enumerated ; and that by its 3oth year, the plan- 

 tation has been thinned out as above ; then will 

 a Scots acre be worth - - L. 33500 



And allowing the yearly rent of it to 

 be il. IDS. ; this fum, in the form 

 of an annuity for 30 years,, at 5 per 

 cent, compound intereft, will quote 99 .13 o 



Suppofe that the trees and planting 

 coil - L. 10 o o 



And the fencing - i o o 



-- ii oo 



This fum, improved at the rate of 5 

 per cent, compound intereft for 30 

 years, will give ' 47 i o o 



L. 158 3 o 

 Thus will a profit arife of no lefs a 



fum than - - - - 176 170 



1. 



335 



It will appear from the above examples, that 

 the better the quality of the land to be planted, 

 the greater will be the advantages ultimately ob- 

 tained. Neverthelefs, we are far from advifmg 

 the planting of fuch lands as may be fit for grow- 

 ing corn crops ; there being abundance of other 

 land, all over the country, * fit for the purpofes of 



planting. 



WOODS 



* See Table of Waste Laad& in Scotland, Appendix, 

 No. IIL 



