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Expenses in the Formation of Plantation No. 4. 



Fencing — 

 1112 yards of four-barred paling, at 9|d. per yard, . £45 3 6 

 5685 yards turf dyke, with paling on top, at 5|d. per yd., 136 8 2 



Drainage — 



18,128 yards drains, at IJd. per yard, . . . 113 6 1 



Plants — 



Scots pine, 1,446,150, at 4s. 6d. per 1000, . . . 325 7 8 

 Larch, 223,420, at 6s. per 1000, . . . 67 6 



Spruce 54,220, at 12s. per 1000, . . . 32 10 6 



1,723,790 

 Planting — 



Workmen's wages planting the whole, . . . 254 3 4 

 Cartage of plants, 15 1 6 



£990 5 3 



Cost of Management and General Maintenance from the year of 

 planting 1859 to 1867 {eight years). 



Scouring and cleaning drains, £8 15 2 



General repairs of fence, looking over enclosure, and 



clearing snow from turf fence, &c., . . . 76 4 10 



£85 



" The cost of the plants may seem very low, but 

 they did not cost the proprietor any more, as they 

 were reared in the home nursery on the estate. 



" By the foregoing table of expenditure is brought 

 out the cost of the different works at the following 

 rates per acre : — 



Fencing, 

 Draining, 

 Cost of plants. 

 Planting, 

 Maintenance, 



6s. 7d. per acre. 

 4s. lid. M 

 15s. 74d. M 

 9s. 2id. 11 

 Os. 4Jd. M per annum. 



" The plantation was in a very healthy and satis- 



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