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. 

 xxxi. (1910). 



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 

 grounds 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 



