Rcclaimiiifj of Waste Lands. 
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army ; sucli an army, liowever, as might have been looked on 
with pleasure, even by a member ot the Peace Society. It 
•was heralded by the rustling sound of the brushwood, and the 
crashins: noise which echoed through the glades when some 
spreading oak, a forest sire, fell prostrate, and intimated that the 
svlvan glories of old VVichwood were drawing to a close. 
Timber and Tiee-throwinrj Machine. — Many of the smaller 
timber trees and larger bushes were pulled down by Fowler's 
tree-throwing machine, which did the work quickly and effectually. 
This machine consisted of the horse-tackle, windlass, drum and 
rope, of a draining or mole plough. The wire rope was run out 
to a considerable length, and from it branched out (in different 
directions and at various distances) chains which were hooked to 
a good manv trees and large bushes at once. The windlass was 
turned by two horses, and when they were set in motion the 
Account showing the Receipt from, and the Expenditure incun-ed in, 
felling and dis{X)sing of the Timber upon the Crow n Estate prejiaratory to 
the Land being Grubbed for Cultivation. 
Receipt. 
ExPEM)rrrBE. 
To amount received for 
oak and other timber 
To amount received for 
bark 
To amount received for 
cord wood, faggots, &c. 
To value of timber and 
materials supplied for 
fencing on the estate 
To miscellaneous re- 
s. d. 
ceipts . 
To estimated value of 
timber left standing 
for shelter, &c 
14,083 1 lU 
i 4,921 2 1 
! 2,404 3 11 
397 0 2 
17 19 1 
21,823 6 5 
2,450 0 0 
By cost of felling, hew- 
ing, and preparing 
timber for sale 
By cost of carting tim- 
ber, and conveying 
to Woolwich the tim- 
ber purchased by the 
War Department . . 
By cost of stripping 
bark (including the 
felling of the trees 
from which it was 
taken) 
By discount allowed to 
purchasers 
By cost of making 
cordwood, faggots, 
rails for fencing, &c. 
By wages of woodmen, 
auctioneer's charges 
for selling produce, 
dinners to purchasers, 
advertisements, and 
receiver's poundage 
on receipts 
By balance 
24,273 6 5 
£. s. d. 
684 15 6 
2,491 17 6i 
1,777 10 9 
25 17 4 
1,736 11 U 
1,025 9 10 
7,742 2 1 
16,531 4 4 
24,273 6 5 
