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Hie Grubbing up of Woods. 
the land for tillage after the timber and underwood were felled, I estimate 
thus : — 
"Digging, stubbing, and trenching the land fo free it from 
roots, 80 acres, at 8/. 5s. per acre £660 
Burning roots, at 21,s. ])er acre 84 
Draining 80 acres 4 feet deep, and 9 yards apart, with 2-inch 
pipes and 4-ineh mains, at bl. 10s. per acre 440 
Enclosing land in 4 fields of 20 acres each, at 21. 5s. per aero 180 
Making necessary farm-roads through the land 150 
Total cost of improvement £1514 
" Deducting the cost of these improvements, 1514?. from 3212/., the nett 
value to be received from timber, there remains a sum of 1698?. as surplus for 
reinvestment, which, at 3?. 10s. per cent., will yield an annual income of 59?. 8s. 
" The comparison of the annual value of this estate, if continued as wood- 
land, or converted to tillage, will stand thus : — 
"1. As woodland — 
£ t. d. 
Present rental and full value of 23a. 1r. 1 3p. of arable land 39 0 0 
Annual income from woodland, at 10s. per acre per annum 41 0 0 
Total annual value £80 0 0 
" 2. As tillage— 
Income from 23a. 1e. 13p. of arable land, now let for .. .. 39 0 0 
Increased income from this land l)y removal of wood, and of 
injury from game and shade, 3s. per acre per annum .. 3 9 0 
Income from 80a. Or. 34p. of woodland when converted into 
tillage, at 30s. per acre 120 6 0 
Income from 2a. Or. 12p. on the north-west boundary of the 
wood shown on the plan by a red line, which from inequality 
of surface is unsuitable for tillage, and should remain in 
wood, at lOs. per acre per annum I 00 
Annual income from 1698?. at 3?. lOs. per cent., being the 
surplus remaining from sale of timber and underwood, after 
payment of all expenses 59 8 0 
Total annual value " 223 3 0 
Deduct present annual value, as above 80 0 0 
Amount of improved annual value by converting woodland 
into tillage £143 3 0 
" I submit this estimate of 143?. 3s. as the measure of the improved yearly 
value which will accrue to the owner of the estate by the improvements for 
which he seeks to obtain the sanction of the Commissioners ; and I do so with 
the greatest confidence, because I have during the last 10 years cleared more 
than 500 acres of similar woodland in the neighbourhood of this estate, and 
have thus tested every item of the calculation by actual experiments, under 
conditions as similar as distinct cases can well furnish. 
" I have the honour to be, itc., 
"Epperstone, Juhj 3, 1855." "T. Huskinsox. 
I have myself within the last few years grubbed about 100 
acres of wood. The results have varied according- to the stock 
of timber on the ground. They have in no case been equal to 
the results spoken of in the prec eding papers, because in no case 
