toio.j Coom,be Plantation, Keswick. 361 



Age. 



Thinnings. 

 Cub ft. 



Price 

 per cub. ft. 



Value. 



Value at end of 61 years' 

 Rotation at 3 per cent. 

 Compound Interest. 



35 







£ 



s. 



d. 



£ s. 



d. 



I40 



1 





1 



15 



0 



3 11 



0 



40 



224 







2 



16 



0 



4 18 



0 



45 



266 





- 3d 



3 



6 



6 



5 0 



0 \ 



5o 



308 







3 



17 



b 



5 0 



0 



55 



322 



J 





4 



0 



6 



4 10 



0 



60 

















61 



3150 



\d. 



52 



10 



0 



52 10 



0 











Total ... 



75 9 



0 



According to this table, the value of all returns, calculated 

 to the end of the rotation, would be £75 gs. If the expenses 

 be taken at those which have already been incurred in Coombe 

 Plantation on the basis of acquiring the freehold of the land, 

 they will amount to ^35 3s. 6d., and the profit balance 

 becomes £40 per acre, or 4s. gd. per acre per year. 



Allowing £$ for planting, £1 for purchase of land, and 

 35. per acre per year for general expenses, the total amount 

 of expenses at the end of the rotation would be £60 15s,, 

 leaving a profit of £13 15s., or is. yd. per acre per year over 

 and above 3 per cent, compound interest on all. Leaving out 

 the question of the purchase of the land, a soil rental of 

 2s. qd. would be obtained. The estimated maximum return 

 is not greater than 2s. 5^., and would probably not be more 

 than is. 6d. 



Summary of Intermediate Yields in Timber and Bark. 



Details of the intermediate yields from 1859 t0 ^65 

 inclusive have not been kept. Only the actual money value 

 has been recorded. 



Year. 



Produce. 



Value. 





1866 



2,000 small larch at 6i\ per ioo 



6 tons 18 cwt. 0 qrs. 14 lbs. peeled larch at 



rate of ,£10 per ton of bark 



6 tons 18 cwt. oqrs. 14 lbs. larch bark at 



j£3 10.?. per ton 



£ s . d. 

 600 



69 1 3 



24 3 5 



£ s. d. 

 99 4 8 ! 



