88 PLANTING. 



Brought forward, . . £130 3 i 

 1112 yards four -bar post and rail 

 fence at 7Jd. per yard, . . . 34 15 



£164 18 4 

 Drains — 



900 chains open drains at 2s. 9d. per chain, . . 123 15 

 Plants — 

 1,100,000 one-year and two-year Scots 



pine at 6s. per 1000, . . . £330 

 450,000 one-year and two-year Scots 



pine at 4s. per 1000, ... 90 



220,000 one-year and two-year larch 



at 8s. per 1000, .... 88 



25,000 one-year and two-year Nor- 

 way spruce, at 10s. per 1000, . 12 10 



520 10 



Planting 1,795,000 plants, at 3s. 9d. per 1000, . . 336 11 3 



Carriage of ditto, 3d. per 1000, 22 8 9 



Incidental expenses, 9 16 8 



Total, . . £1178 



£1178 -r 550 acres = £2, 2s. lOd. net cost per acre ; about £20 

 sterling cost of maintaining per annum. 



No. 6 is a plantation also in Strathspey, compris- 

 ing about 1000 acres, planted with Scots pine and 

 larch, and a small quantity of Norway spruce in mossy 

 parts. It is situated between a distance of one and 

 two miles from a station of the Highland Eailway — 

 hence prospectively more valuable on that account 

 than No. 5, which is at least six miles distant from 

 rail. The altitude of this enclosure is between 800 

 and 1600 feet. It is freely and openly exposed on 

 all sides, and being higher than the surrounding 

 ' ground, has no shelter from any point. The climate 

 is cold and dry ; but owing to the dry hard nature of 

 the soil, snow, in its season, melts sooner here than 

 on many other surrounding hills. The surface of the 



