asked the Minister for Lands if he will state (a) the number of acquisitions of land for forestry by size categories in the period 1950 to date, (b) the total area acquired, (c) the total plantable area, (d) the average size of acquisitions and (e) the average plantable area.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Forestry Statistics.
The total number of acquisitions for forestry purposes in the period 1st April, 1950, to 31st December, 1957, was 1,596, categorised by size as follows: 1 — 50 acres 890, 51 — 100 acres 357, 101 — 200 acres 203, 201 — 300 acres 61, 301 — 500 acres 45, 501 — 1,000 acres 32 and over 1,000 acres 8.
The total area accquired in that period was 151,944 acres of which a total of 123,582 acres was classified as productive. The average gross size of acquisition was, therefore, 95.2 acres and the average productive size 77.4 acres.