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CHAPTER X. 



IMPORTANT LOCAL PLANTING. 



No. 1. — Duke of Athole. The 'Journal of Forestry' 

 for August 1887 gives the following account of 

 Loch Ordie Plantation (the Duke of Athole's), 

 planted 1815-1818: — 



Outlay. 



Purchase of ground, 2932 Scotch acres, 

 twenty-five years' purchase, at 9d. per 

 acre per annum, . . . . £0 18 9 £2748 15 3 



Fencing llj miles, at 5b. 6d. per rood of 



6 yards 6 2 902 11 2 



Roads, drives, and bridges, at 7s. 6d. per 



rood, 8 OJ 1177 6 



Plants, 6,377,100, at 4s. per 1200 (seed- 

 lings) 7 3 1062 17 



Planting, 3 3 476 9 



Miscellaneous, 2 6f 375 13 6 



Making good the failure of plants, . . 4 586 8 



£2 10 £7330 



" A Scotch acre being about five-fourths of a statute 

 acre, the above 2932 Scotch acres, at 50s. per acre, 

 are equivalent to 3665 statute acres, at 40s. per acre. 

 The above careful calculation of costs will be useful 

 at the present date as a basis of similar calculations. 



