January 1791

5

Weather in such Oaken Woods as are
out at stated Periods in succession, it is
Customary to leave Young Saplings, at
each Cutting? and if so Whether they are
generally Barked at the Second fall, and
Cut down for Country Uses, on preserved for
Timber?

6th.

Whether the improvement of Roads, and
the Navigable Canals made during the
last Thirty Years, have not, by reducing
the Expence of Carriage, been the means of
bringing large supplies of Timber to the
Dock Yards, which could not otherwise
have been brought there.?

7

Whether of late Years greater Quantities
of Timber has not in consequence of this
increased facility of Carriage been felled in
those parts of the County, which were
before inaccessible, than they will be able to
continue permanently to supply?

8

Whether the general consumption of Oak
Timber for Building on other uses within
that County is increased or diminished?
and to what cause in your Opinion, is
such increase or decrease to be imputed?

9

Whether the Price of Oak Timber for
Carpenters or County uses is increased
within the last Forty Years and in what
proportion?

10

Whether the improvement of Roads, and
the Navigable Canals, have not introduced
the use of Coal, in parts of the Country in
which Wood was before generally used for
Fuel, and whether in such parts the
demand for Underwood, and the Value of
it have been increased or lessened.