§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the hon. Member for Monmouth, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the total acreage which has now been planted under the Forestry Commission; and what is the cost per acre of planting?
§ Sir L. FORESTIER-WALKERThe total area which has now been planted in Great Britain by the Forestry Commission is 71,051 acres. The average cost of planting during the six seasons 1920–25 was £8 5s. per acre, including preparing the ground, draining, fencing, plants and planting, beating up and weeding, but not supervision. The accounts for the 1926 season will be made up at the end of the forest year in September next.
§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the hon. Member for Monmouth, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the estimated acreage to he planted for 1926 by the Forestry Commission?
§ Sir L. FORESTIER-WALKERThe Forestry Commission's planting programme for next season starting in October, 1926, is 22,600 acres.
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