82 



As soon as the capital was constitated the nambei' of standards to be felled at 

 each exploitation would, therefore, be: — 



Trees of one rotation, felled 0, reserved ... 27 



u „ two rotations , ,, 18, „ . . . . 9 



II I, three „ ,| 6, „ . • . • 3 



II II tour „ „ o, „ . « • • 



When the capital was fall; constitated and jusb before each coupe was felled there 

 would be per acre fin additi in to the coppice containing 27 standards of one rotation 

 about to be reserved and covering an area of 810 sq^iare feet) : — 



Siioare feet, 



27 trees of two rotations covering . • ■ . 4,050 



9 „ „ three ,> ■, .... 3,600 



3 „ „ four „ I, .... 1,800 



Total abea cotebed . 9,460 



The maximum area covered by the standards, inoluiing that oovere 1 by the 

 trees about to be reseiTcd, would, theref ire, oaly amount to one-fourth of th) totil 

 area. For the particular species conoeraed it would, by hypothesis, have already bean 

 ascertained that the room left for the coppice growth is sufficient. 



Ab regards the effect of the reservation on the capital value of the forest aud o n 



the revenue, we may assume the net .value of the tree of 49 years old to be fi5, of 



60 yean old BIO, and of 80 years old B20 ; and tha-^ an acre completely sto^iked 



with simple coppice 20 years oil produces at each felling a net proSt of BIOQ. Tae 



There woald he felled at each coups — effect of tbe reservation of the standards would 



B s therefore be to raise the met value of each OQO- 



8 trees, 40 yeaie old @ 6=99 acre coupe when the crop is mature from BIOO to 



I •■ % " " •' 20=60 ^^^^> ^""^ *^^ o*' annual revenue -pit acre from 



" " " " B5 to B14|. Cajjitalisad at 4 per cent, the value 



210 of the forest cropped with simple coppice would be 

 Coppice Bloai °°il\y =76 fil25 P« aore; while with standards, the value 



— cases be even more favourable to compaund oop- 



Totil . 288 pice. 



In selecting the standards attentioa is paid to their origin, 

 their species, their shape, their condition of growth and their 

 positjoQ in the crop. Seedling poles should he preferred to 

 coppiow, because tiiey are longer lived. Where, however, 

 seedlings are not found, sound shoots frona young and small 

 stools may be cliosea. Only such species as furnish 

 valuable timber should be reserved ; inferior trees should not 

 be selected. It - is not necessary to reserve the prescribed 

 number of standards in every acre or coupe: only well- 

 shapen, straight, sound and vigorous stems should be 

 chosen, and they should be selected in places where it will be 

 possible for them to thrive. This should all be prescribed 

 in a regulation attached to the statement of fellings. 



3. Supplementary reffulations.— The importance of a nume- 

 rous and well-constituted reserve, formed chiefly of stems 

 which have sprung from seed, has been explained. There 



