272 Afforestation of Catchment Areas, [july, 



plantations of 38I acres in all have been planted at a total 

 cost of £401, or about £10 js. per acre. Four-year-old 

 trees have been put in 4 ft. apart, and the cost of the various 

 items has been as follows : — 



Hey wood. —Trees have been planted on one acre of the 

 catchment area, and there is a probability of further planting 

 being done this year. 



Cardiff. — According to a report made by the Waterworks 

 Engineer to the Cardiff Corporation, about half-an-acre of 

 land at Rhubina was planted in 1904 with Larch seedlings, 

 and about 4 acres at Cantreff were planted with seedlings of 

 Scotch Pine, Larch and Spruce, and with Austrian Pine 1 j— 

 2 ft. high. The situation at Rhubina was specially favourable, 

 and the trees are now, after five years' growth, from 10 to 

 15 ft. high, and there have been practically no losses. The 

 ground at Cantreff, although at an elevation of 1,000 ft. above 

 sea-level, was also favourable for planting, and good progress 

 has been made there. In the autumn of 1906 some 8 to 10 

 acres of the mountain on the west side of the "Beacons" 

 Reservoir were planted. This site was not so favourably 

 situated as the others, and considerable loss has been experi- 

 enced, but on the whole it is considered that the trees are 

 doing fairly well for an exposed position 1,400-1,500 ft. above 

 sea-level. A favourable opportunity for planting on a some- 

 what larger scale and in a good position will shortly occur 

 when possession of some additional land is obtained, and it 

 is proposed to plant some 20 acres annually. 



Derwent Valley.— The Derwent Valley Water Board, after 

 obtaining the advice of Professor Somerville, of Oxford Uni- 

 versity, have undertaken the planting of 38 acres of land in 

 five separate plantations, and the work is now in progress. 

 About two acres have been set aside for a nursery. 



Plymouth. — The catchment area of the Plymouth Corpora- 

 tion covers 5,360 acres, of which 348 acres (116 water) are 

 freehold. No planting has been done since 1904, but before 

 that date two attempts were made on a small scale to plant 



Supplying and planting 

 Cost of fencing... 

 Labour for erecting fencing 

 Carting, &c. 



£ s. d. 



191 \i 6 



161 12 6 



36 18 1 



117 5 



£401 10 6 



