At this rate 100 acres will cost. L.IOOO 0 0 



Rent of 100 acres at 10/ per acre 



annually, is L.50, which extended 



for 20 years, makes 1000 0 0 



Interest on the outlay at 5 per cent. 



for 20 years 1000 0 0 



Supposing interest on the rent for 



20 years 200 0 0 



To superintending and expense in 



the rearing for 20 years 1000 0 0 



Total outlay for 20 years L.4200 0 0 



The thinnings at 10 and 15 years 

 will be at least, after reducing 

 the number of trees to 1000 on 

 each acre L.500 0 0 



Trees left, only supposing them 2/ 

 per tree, wood and bark, which 

 will be rather under the true 



value 10,000 0 0 



10500 0 0 



Total profit of 100 acres in 20 years L.OSOO 0 0 



Again, supposing the whole to be cut over at the 

 end of 20 years, being oak, it grows up without 

 any expense, and will pay regularly every SO years 

 after, a much larger sum ; but should it be reared 

 up to the age of 50, or to 100 years, to maturity 

 for naval timber, &c« it will pay much better, and 

 the crop equally secure. It is a well authenticated 

 fact, that woods, judiciously planted and reared, 

 will pay an annual rental of from L.6 to L.IO per 

 acre. Having been in most of the sea-port towns 

 in Ireland lately, I learned from good authority, 

 that the annual importation of foreign oak bark 

 into that country amounts to 10,000 tons, as much 



