76 



± JjAi<i r±j.s tjr. 



Enclosing — 

 For 8797 yards of wire fence, solid galvanised, half 



and half, of Nos. 6 and 8, . . . . 



Posts of larch, 2618, 



Eight iron straining-pillars and workmen's tools. 

 Herding off deer during erection of fence — planting 



being in progress 



Labour erecting fence, . ... 

 Horse work in connection, .... 

 Killing harea and rabbits, 



Expense of enclosing, 

 Draining, total cost, .... 

 Plants and planting — 



Scots pine, 2,034,000 of two-year one 

 year, and one-year one year, at the 

 average rate of 7s. per 1000, . 

 Larch, 665,500, one-year and one year, 



at about 10s. 6d. per 1000, . 

 Abies Douglasii, 1000, 5 inches high, 

 Mats, packing, &c., . 

 Carriage of plants from railway sta- 

 tion to plantation. 

 Labour planting. 



£722 4 6 



Cost of plants and planting, , 

 Total cost of forming plantation, 



£1713 5 10 



" We have now, therefore, a sum of £1713, os. lOd., 

 as represeuting the total cost of the formation of a 

 young plantation of 900 acres, situated in one of the 

 highest lying districts of Great Britain. This gives 

 us about £1, 18s. Id. per acre, or as under: — 



Enclosing, 

 Draining, 

 Planting, 



