OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE SUPPLIES OF TIMBER 145 
abundantly proved; the native-grown Ash is incom- 
parable for the purposes for which it is used, there is 
an ever-crying need for Sycamore, for Oak, as also for 
such coniferous woods as Larch, Spruce and other descrip- 
tions which grow freely. None of these, however, are 
grown in any quantity or in a systematic way. 
The question of this being done on a profitable basis 
is often raised, and the results in other countries abun- 
dantly prove that a direct return can be made if carried 
out upon an organized and business-like plan. From 
statistics of State Forestry carried out in Saxony, it 
appears that on an area of 430,000 acres an expenditure 
of £330,000 was made, and from an income of £781,000, 
a net profit of £451,000 or 21s. per acre was realised. 
The rental was maintained each year, as was the capital, 
less timber being cut annually than was produced. 
No statistics are available in reference to the reclaimed 
sand dunes of the Landes in the South-West of France, 
to which reference has been made before, but the results 
must be most satisfactory, the growth of the pines in 
these formerly waste spaces finding employment for 
much labour, supplying the country with a spirit which 
is indispensable in many industries, and practically 
filling the demand for pit-props in the Welsh mining 
areas. 
