ACREAGE PLANTED.

HC Deb 19 March 1926 vol 193 cc751-2W

Sir A. SHIRLEY BENN

asked the acreage dealt with last year for re-afforestation, and the number of trees planted?

Sir L. FORESTIER-WALKER

The total area planted by the Forestry Commissioners in the season 1924–25 was 14,959 acres, for which 24,360,000 trees were used. Of the area dealt with, 358 acres were by direct sowing.