THat the best, cheapest, and most likely way of Raising Timber in the New Forest, is by Transplanting young Trees all over the said Forest, to such particular spots and pieces of Ground, where the Soil is most proper for the same; and in pre­serving the same with, and among the Bushes; and not by Inclosing, Plowing, and Sowing the Forest.

There have been tryals formerly made by Inclosures, and the Ground sown with Acorns, any of which never grew, or came to any thing.

That the Forest, supposed to be 85454 Acres, consists in the four sorts of ground, and of the several Quantities following; In Inclosed Lands, lying in several Parishes, Villages and Townships, within the bounds of the Forest, and in the Keepers Railes, and in New Park, 25000 Acres; In Heath, Furse, and boggy ground about two thirds of the rest of the Forest being 40000 Acres, and in Woods and Covert Ground 10000 Acres.

That no part of this ground is fit for Plowing or Sowing, such thereof as is not inclosed, being part full of Roots of old Trees, and the rest barren and boggy ground Ground.

That the Residue being 10454 Acres of Pasture, a great part thereof is under Water in the Winter time, and therefore unfit to bear Timber,

That on the same the Commoners feed yearly 20000 young Cattle, besides Horses, Colts, and the Kings Deer.

That the inclosing 6000 Acres thereof, will deprive the Commoners of their Passure, and most certainly occasion the many great Losses of which they complain, without raising Timber­trees.

That a great cause of hindring the rising of the young Trees is the Pigs which now run in Forest all the year, by their digging up and eating the Acrons and young Shootes.

To prevent the same, the Forest may be cleared of Pigs, and be always kept (except in the pan­nage time.)

The burning and cutting down of Bushes and Fern (which preserve the young Shootes, the making unlawful Cole-fires, and the imprudent, and wasteful cutting of Browse-wood and Lop­ping of Trees, are great causes of hindring the rising of young Trees, and destruction of the Timber, which for the future may be prevented.

The Keepers and Officers may take care to preserve the young Trees which may be done without an inclosure.

The Keepers (who best know the places proper to bear Timber) will undertake to raise year­ly in the said Forest 5000 young Trees, for a reasonable Salary for their care and pains of remo­ving and planting the same in a convenient and proper Soil, and preserving them with Bushes, which will be far cheaper to the King, and no loss to the Commoners.

There now are 10000 young Oaks growing on 1000 Acres, prese [...]ved by the care of some of the Keepers.

This will be done without cutting down any Timber now growing and will be a more certain way for raising and preserving Timber, than inclosing ground and sowing Acorns, which will never grow in the greatest part of the Forest ground.