EUCALYPTUS TREES. 81 



Taradale (Wo sevenths for mining and five sevenths 



for fuel) ,.. 8,750 



Tarnagulla 20,000 to 30,000 



Tylden (for fuel, 3,890 tons ; sa-w-mills, 15,500 tons ; 



for splitter's use, 2,476 tons) 21,466 



VUliers, County of (approximately) :..... 150,000 



Whittlesea — As much as 1,800 trees are annually used 

 for palings, shingles, etc. 



Winchelsea 28,600 



Wood's Point 8,700 



Woodend (for firewood and split or squared timber out 

 under license, ■vrholly exclusive of that used by 

 saw-mills). 41,181 



On the modes of raising or renovating forests, not 

 much can be said on this occasion. For natural Up- 

 growth, perfect clearing and fencing is recommend- 

 able. Subsequently, the removal of young, crooked 

 trees and the surplus of saplings is needed. Seed- 

 lings may be transferred from spots where they stand 

 too densely, to more open or bare places. Suckers 

 should be destroyed where the gain of good timber is 

 an object. Periodic clearing of young trees is effect- 

 ed according to the rate of growth of the particular 

 species ; lopping of branches is advisable should they 

 densely meet. For broadcast sowing, the ground 

 should be completely cleared and burnt. By break- 

 ing the ground a great acceleration of growth of the 

 trees is attained, even to a tenfold degree. Planting 

 in rows affords the best access for subsequent thinning 

 and successive removal of the timber ; the Quincunx 

 system will give approach in three directions. Pines 

 are planted in Germany only about seven feet apart, as 

 they require least roonl of all trees ; but fifteen feet 

 is a fair distance at an age of forty years. The New 

 H^papshire Pine stands only five or six feet apart at 



