HC Deb 28 November 1933 vol 283 cc695-6
68. Colonel BROWN

asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what is the cost per acre of ploughing out moorland at Staley, Northumberland; what is the total cost per acre of planting such land; and in what period of time is it expected to cut the crop of timber from this high land?

Colonel Sir GEORGE COURTHOPE (Forestry Commissioner)

The total cost per acre of ploughing and sub-soiling moorland at Staley, Northumberland, is 22s. 6d; the cost per acre of planting is 25s. and of the plants 48s., total £4 15s. 6d. First thinnings should be cut within 25 years and the crop as a whole should be fit for pit wood within 45 years or, if allowed to stand, should be mature in 70 to 80 years.