764 
THE AGRICULTURAL se eos 
[Novempzr T m7, 1957 
which Lord Portman, at the request ¥ the yom 
undertook the chairmanship. December Gen 
mews 
pene ing the land which had been a d to be 
available for building ip? Sra but for no offer 
e in the receipt of receipt i r eet of 42480 per amy 4248], : 
per anni ; 
bird is equal to 2%. 4 
Meeting of the ety was Fed - be held at 11 0 elk had been received, and two small aria me ery in the | Account of Receipt and Pale, in pio pse i 
on Friday, the 11th of December. — Mr. Raymond | vicinity, formerly part of ‘the waste of the forest, con- Jor Allotment in Hainan H S 
rker, Chai the Wate y nom taini ioe 30 , from | PE ir roosi wii Pe Py = 
reported the steps taken by Prof. Simonds in refere Michaelma 55, so as to expire at the same time as of Gale sat Home nt mer tha 
to the inspection of rope os in Worce teehee the former letting, an atid. an agreement was ascending gly and me ara De. -48,310 11g ; 
and Warwickshire, and Prof. Simonds was requested to aad into for that pur sei at the undermentioned oe Deduc 
re at the next monthly “Cone nt nature and | rents : a Hes ee missi timber, stripping 
popa , ssion and expenses 
result of the te eatment. ae o instructed to visit à BN ee on 2085. 4 
Sir Henry Muggeridge’ s feck eep in Surrey, and For the first aa SENAO Se ae meee aah Net protase available to meet the i l TAA 
report upon inflam ekeni ' Üstemper which om A s z 1196 5 0 gador mentioned o utlay .. T 
her Hobbs. re intial had broken out among the 1. Arterial drainage and sub- 
me r, Pollen ane m Wi Itshire anid of ophthslmint 3 ae nei os agreed to pay interest, at Ne rate of rig and sub-division 
Pc FA Misini transmitted repi Be on arse a pce n all sums ex cpended upon the under- | 9 Preparation of 2 4@ et 
our. Howard’s suggestions connec A sth of shia ‘lant comprised in this further letting; duce, clearing ana 
wakes details sof t ester Meeting view refe sat to | but, under the terms of, the ‘agreement, ToS tead, penditare nin To 15,586 010 
the General eed Comintttees05 ications on | undertook to erect, at its own cost, a estea: Deduct— 
Dano a In ulation for Pleuro-pneumonia were | °¥ erseer’s house, and four cottages for prn Receipts Foma a 
red fron t e e Foreign Office, and on Guano from eau ry to form an accommodation road of 1} mile in = es of produce 4 in pE p x 
ER “ Further lettings ad small parcels of land within the Net cost, {equivalent $e ubeut Pi. 
forest boundaries hav o been effected, by whic 3l. 5s. 6d. per a 6,124 3a 
eviews, means the whole of the: Sune G Nac the exception of | 3- = ohn pa (equivalent to 81.195.| sce na 
me detached Pant y eke w let and under , 
are oie or being an n Ertraci “ from the Report of cultiv ation; and in the ent jour roe 850 : acres . cottages sr oe Ta 
seagate of Woods for the Year ending the under tag 0 Sa es s under T aopa 150 acres per acre -| 13,918 18 10 
a dag of March, 1857 spent hale a Statement vf under Oats, and the residue hei er E Aonta road ..| 1,123 10 5 
> epai roads, fences and 
Proceedings adopte ed y the Commissioners o he reclamation of a y whic, in tho spring ditches, ana ticellaiiettes 
or bringing the Crown’s Haina z 1853, co ps upwards a 1850 acres of open charg E i 835 19 1 
Allotment rat a State for Cultivation. K rest, has not been effected wi hnit a a considerable e 3 
Those who z a upon 207. an es the estimated cost 
of bringin: 
pre ving the impossibility 
of its ever being-profitably carried i rni pe may 
be interested in the following account of nce in 
which a sum v as mui h has been iposi 
bringing land aaae cultivation by ordinary means, and in 
oo 
* Th parien with the nami contained i in 
Act 
for disaftoresting the Forest of Hainault, in the County 
“Tn ao uance of that Act three Commissioners were 
ubmi 
the property of the 
from all ¢ 
“In May 1853,” says the pte ag from whose state- 
ment we — the follo owing e when the allot- 
rown, in severalty, freed an 
S, 
ransferred to my shan, although aree 
had ed for the construction oads, 
fences and arterial , the only eaa £ the winks 
required by the disafforesti 
ers were imm y obtained, as stated in the 
82d Report 1850, (1854), for the formation of the roads and 
gagna sora works were commenced in 
contract 
hich h f the timber 
migr oo. armak of the: pete that were not allotted to 
ro 
“ The sale of the Oak timber and Hornbeam Pollards 
was with as much E ai y as possi 
and =a a period of one year ay, 1853, 
280 
ere cleared of timber and Pollards, and about | 
TTO neres w were cleared of timber only. 
the r-drainage of the portions of the land 
which ma been cleared arrangements were made with 
who entered into 
which ae undertook to pure 
stackw: 
a the sales T ti 
wine se 
3? “The 
Crown, and of whi aal the cos =. 
p 
d buildin 
ad ; 
outlay; but it is sett thotesy to ogen bse the procee 
mber, &c., whic 
a sum more we suficient to Pa 
in clea 
ee! erection of bu ild- 
otherwise pr opr 
"in the 31st and 32d spon (sss and 185 
found a detailed AH ma essrs. 
Driver of the Oak and Hor niea m timber and Pol 
sti tanding upon the allotment at the dat sat the award. 
Th to 36,7497. 8s., “tal th e follow- 
ing statement Brit the result of the sales heen have 
been effee ese a the timber and Pollards i 
that valua 
Received om a ite of Oak timber and bark, 
and Horn port Pollards, including the value 
of timber used for fences 
Amount due by purchasers of Oak ‘timber 
- £43,813 5 11 
1,293 17 3 
e Val 
beam Pollards sold and upon =r eae 
48,319 li 3 3 
Deduc 
Tr sd hewing inter, ey apna: be bark, commis- 
n, and expenses of sale 2,085 4 1 
Net produce of the Oal 
and Pollards 
1 Hornbeam timber 
works whieh lave oui pinlataken by a 
will be defrayed out of 
L 
g from th 
stood upon the Crown e comprise— 
uce, and 
1 drainage and su ; 3, The 
ic parerii 4, The erection of the requisi site farm 
gs; 5, The construction of an a acco mmodation 
6, iae ete of are or nce.” 
do t the details of raik several items 
of expenditure, D Dat thee iad els of the bean et 
tion may be 
ro; 
conflicting rights of 
the hereditary Lord Warden, and ~ khm 
mone "but tle As rofit had been derived, as te 
m by the the receipt and ekeudittnn 
daring = Ae» RT ears, inserted in the Appendix, | m 
p. 10, was disafforested, and the C 
the 
and for cultivation. for th 
4) will be 
luded in &j 
ar al 8 1 
a 
0 
46,934 7 2f; 
of the era whi ie rtain 
The pr 
last month was rem 
a 
Some of these items seem sufficiently oak 
18, 3001. spent in Etna arterial and pipe drainage of 
of land is one o 
in a soil 
with roots, have hed the ‘otal’ ae tof f the drainage to 
the sum of Sa 6807. 17s. 7d., being at the a 
81. ‘cont per 
in del ‘not bear a sum = £ 1G. paid to to Mr. ; 
aT dead Tines of drains, i 
the extent drained was done by 
Fowler’s inery, the merit E which arises 
Hes ‘ 
k the ex 
this head. In addition to the acai 
other items for buildings, roads, 
a charge of 22/, an acre, an amo as we 
aug to Mr. Halkett’s proposed expenditure m iyi 
ut his guideway system of steam culture. 
bs incest 0 
Calendar of > Operations. 
RIDING ufa Yo 
ahire. pipe pra the l ber felled from the allotments Andid to the 
drainage of the estate, and also to cut and fill the i | Commonsen inttioeshahstie, dr iha Padiwatvems ao | 
drains, as well as to lay the pipes at certain specified o the boundary fences round the Crown allotment, | have von 
genous ve been and after dischar, some further Cattle did indifferen y in 
ae “haope w tage ge ag conn wang claims of trifling amount, there will rentals a balance of | but apr url rate coming 
ad eted. aa iuei Joh a zi Alexan der | UPWards of 70007., which is estimated to be sufficient 
gyi “thang, aid cathe oi aki 235 acres, Pey the compensation which may be awarded to the 
or about two-thirds of the allotment, for a term of| Lord Warden, as well as those which “hs ee 
en gran e other forest officers for the loss o 
31 years, pon the 10th October, 1854, oe wily following their respecti: e appointm z e Crown ent, 
rents, viz. rae ay 1 hen it in charge with me, 
For the first year fine Ge” Bor S s was covered with 24,714 Oak trees, 3377 Po 4 
618 0 0 and 86,679 Hornbeam Po s, being upwards of | @yiss 
0 114, trees in all; and, in addition, many portions of} West Nov. 2.—Ever od = > 
and upon ie un cues that they sh shoud pay it were covered with a close growth of underwood, In | away eh overtok us inte behind, we 
interest on all sums expended by the Cro the space years and a half the date of the | org ee ing like 
age, and in the erection of farm buildings, a at te rate award, the timber upon this alletment has been felled ; 
of 5 and 6 per cent respectively. and the allotment, as well as of land adjoin- 
“This offer was riesgo and in the first year of their | ing, to the Crown, has been fenced in, cleared, 
~ tenancy Messrs. Aliso acres in cultivation, in | drain ed with roads and farm build 
_ addition to which 700 acres were cleared by ir _ rown, | under the immediate superintendence of Mr. John 
e year | Clu he receiver for the county of x. The cost 
ended at Michaelmas last (1856), the residue of the land | of t ks w by the proceeds of the 
ing e Crown, and | sales of the timber and unde rwood, as shown by the 
in cultivation, of which | following account; and, in addition to surpl 
with Potatoes. . to arise from th sales, the sum of upwards 
Paeon a 52501. veo be derived from grazing other rents, 
portion oi ent | aceruing to Michaelmas next, as shown 
completed, lien was made by Mr., |the following sta Wich “tate, when the 
ssees, to additional | whole of the works in respect of which interest is 
5544. 1R. 11pP., | char, the lessees will be completed, the Crown 
