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treble their present value, over and above 
all the expences of carrying the plan into 
execution. 
We now take the liberty, my Lord, of 
saying a few words upon the present state 
and condition of the forests. A great na- 
tional institution, we conceive, ought to have 
represented to the Minister the extreme 
grievance which the public sustains by large 
tracfs of land of this descriotion, even near 
the metropolis, and in populous manufac- 
turing counties, remaining in the same rude 
slate of nature in which they were before tiie 
country was inhabited. Investigations and 
reports of the innumerable abuses of this 
species of property are not wanting. Tlie 
Commissioners of the late Land Revenue 
Board went through the enquiries with that 
industry and integrity, which will ever do 
them honour. They were assisted by Mr, 
Fordyce, the present Surveyor General, and 
his deputy, Mr. Harrison, men of exempkiry 
industry and talent. They furnished reports, 
and every necessary document that could 
