OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROPAGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OAK TREES IN GENERAL, BUT MORE IMMEDIATELY APPLYING TO HIS MAJESTY’S NEW FOREST IN HAMPSHIRE WITH A VIEW OF MAKING THAT EXTENSIVE TRACT OF LAND MORE PRODUCTIVE OF TIMBER FOR THE USE OF THE NAVY, IN A LETTE

Author: T NICHOLS

Description: Letter to the First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from T Nichols, Purveyor of the Navy for Portsmouth Dock Yard highlighting the lack of availability of large timber in the Kingdom due to poor management of private estates and the King's forests and his advice on how this may be remedied; oak being the only timber suitable for the building of ships.

Period covered: 1791

Format: Pamphlet: Printed

Primary Reference: 300000001

Last import: December 21, 2022