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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



[Dec. 1896. 



6th May 1895. The second part of the Report relates to the 

 Land Revenues of the Crown in England. 



The account of receipts and expenditure in respect of 

 the income of the Land Revenue for the year ending 31st 

 March 1896 shows a total receipt of 529,134?. 8s. 9d. from 

 "Woods* Forests, and Land Revenues ; a total expenditure of 

 103,573?. 5s. 2d. ;,, and a surplus of 415,000?., which was paid 

 over to the Exchequer. 



The total receipts from agricultural land in 1895-96 were 

 71,263?., derived from 66,875 acres, giving an average rental 

 of about 21s. 6d. per acre. An allowance of 5,207?. 12s. was 

 made to Crown tenants in consequence of the continued 

 agricultural depression. 



In that portion of the report relating to Crown property in 

 Wales Mr. Stafford Howard refers to the planting operations on 

 parts of the Crown wastes in Wales. The small plantation 

 which was formed at Sychnant is reported to be doing well on 

 the whole, though, as was to be expected, the severe winter of 

 1894-95, and the very dry weather experienced both last year 

 and this in the spring months, have proved fatal to many of the 

 young trees. 



Communications have been made to various owners of common 

 rights upon the adjoining mountain of Maentwrog, with a view 

 to arrange for the planting of a portion of the ground by the 

 Crown, but as yet the necessary consents of the parties 

 interested have not been obtained, some of them being alto- 

 gether opposed to the idea. The subject, however, has not been 

 dropped, and communications are still proceeding with the 

 object of securing agreement if possible. 



There seems to be a misconception in some quarters in regard 

 to the extent of the power of the Crown in this matter. The 

 area of land in Wales of which the Crown has the absolute 

 freehold is comparatively small, and may be left out of account 

 in considering any general scheme of planting. The Crown has 

 the soil and freehold of a considerable area, but it is subject to 

 common rights over the surface. Planting could be carried out 

 in this common land only with the consent of the owners of the 

 farms to which common rights attach, or by some scheme of 

 enclosure and regulation. 



Seventh Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to 

 carry oat a Scheme of Colonisation in the Dominion of 

 Canada of Crofters and -Cottars from the Western High- 

 lands and Islands of Scotland. [C. — 8220.] Price 2d. 



This publication contains information relating to the settle- 

 ments at Killarney, in Manitoba, and at Saltcoats, in the North 



