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and where the expense of inland carriage is not above 

 fifteen shilHngs per ton of bark — See Forester's 

 Guide, ten per cent, say L.15 each acre, may rea- 

 sonably and equitably be added, between seller and 

 buyer, as it is an improvement already made and 

 finished on the estate, that will continue to all time, 

 without one farthing of expense, of replanting, or 

 keeping up, or risk of failure, &c. Also, supposing, 

 and even admitting that the coppice or natural woods 

 has been newly or lately cut over, if the ground is 

 full, as aforesaid, with 800 stools, average on each 

 acre, it should be valued, and is well worth to the 

 purchaser of the lands, and wdll be a fair and equit- 

 able value, between seller and buyer, at fifteen 

 pounds per acre. Should the ground not be full 

 with the number of stools on the acre, as aforesaid, 

 an average deduction must be made, according to the 

 number of stools deficient. 



The valuators must observe, that I am taking here 

 the most productive coppice, or natural woodlands j 

 still it must, and will be admitted, that I am L,30 

 per acre under the produce of some natural oak 

 woods known in Scotland. See Forester's Guide. 

 Of this, however, all valuators, who are acquainted, 

 and in the practice of valuing these woods, will ea- 

 sily judge, so that when the produce of a full crop 

 is less, ^of course, the per centage and value will be 

 less also, as natural oak woods, owing to soil and cli- 

 mate, are not all equally productive. 



Plantations. Many valuators, (especially those 

 dealers in timber already noticed,) pass over young 

 plantations altogether, without putting almost any 

 value on them. This, however, is by no means fair 

 or equitable, as no sooner is a plantation enclosed 



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