10 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 42

The Office of Woods and Forests administers the hereditary estates

of the Crown. Its interesting Report for 1921-22 shows that the net revenue paid into the Exchequer from these properties amounted to 1820:000, so that the State made a good bargain with the Crown when it took over the estates. In England the Crown has 100,852 acres of forest, half of which are under wood, and the net loss on these was about £11,000. Fortunately, the Crown properties in Ireland are now very small, as most of them have been sold.