374 THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



Brought forward, 81 10 2 



1,500 spruce, 18 inches, 25s. per 1000, . . . 1 17 6 

 500 black Italian poplar, 3 feet, at 40s. per 1000, 100 

 50,000 larch, one-year seedling two years transplanted, 



at 18s. per 1000, 45 



5,000 Scots pine, one year bedded one year trans- 

 planted, at 15s. per 1000, . . . 3 15 

 500 pinaster, 4 inches, at 15s. per 1000, . . 076 



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Total cost of formation, . . ... . 133 10 2 



Management and general maintenance from 1863 to 1867 (four years) 



Fencing, general repairs, 476 



Draining, cleaning drains, 150 



Planting, filling up deaths and plants eaten by 



rabbits, 5 12 



Cost of plants used in filling up, . . . .1100 



Cost of maintenance to date, . . 22 4 6 



Total cost of maintenance to date, . . . 155 14 8 



Present Condition. The plantation has made rapid progress since it 

 was planted. On the lower portions of it the larch are fully eight feet 

 high on an average, the spruce three and a half to four feet high, and 

 the black Italian poplar ten to twelve feet high. On the middle portion 

 the larch average four to five feet high ; and on the highest part they are 

 three to four feet high, while the Scots pine are from eighteen -inches to 

 two feet. The pinasters have not done equally well, the greater por- 

 tion having died from a continuation of cold frosty winds for some days 

 after planting. A few, however, remain, and are making fair progress. 

 The oak, ash, elm, alder, and hazel copse has grown very fast, averaging 

 from five to ten feet high at the present time (1868) ; and, on the whole, 

 there is an excellent and promising crop on the ground. 



We have just completed the first thinning of the copse. 



No. 3. WASS MOOR ENCLOSURE. Extent, four hundred acres. 



This plantation is on the estate of Wass, in the county of York, and 

 is the property of Major Stapylton. 



Exposure. The site of this plantation is elevated, although pretty flat 

 and level. It forms part of the Hambleton plateau. 



Altitude. The altitude of this plantation ranges from five hundred 

 to seven hundred feet above the level of the sea. The chief portion 

 of it will range from six hundred to seven hundred feet ; but there are 

 narrow flats running through it which fall down to about five hundred 

 feet above the sea-level. 



