Day 056 - 28 Nov 94 - Page 60


     
     1   Q.   Yes.  This is where I am not confident I have followed your
     2        arithmetic, because if we look at pages 4 and 5 -- no
     3        I understand.  You need both the 17.8 hectares ----
     4        A.  To give the total gross input and the ultimate net
     5        output you need both 17.8 hectares clearfelled.
     6
     7   Q.   And the 8.4 because it is only by adding 1,086 from the
     8        area clearfelled to the 504 metre squared or metric tonnes
     9        in the area thinned that you get the 1590 at the bottom of
    10        page 4?
    11        A.  That is it.
    12
    13   Q.   So for every 1,000 tonnes you need the 17.8 hectares of
    14        clearfelled plus the 8.4 hectares of thinned.  You multiply
    15        the 17.8 per 1,000 tonnes of clearfelled by 13.949, because
    16        it is 13,949 tonnes, and then you get an area for
    17        clearfelled.  But then in order to make up the quantity you
    18        have got to bring in your area thinned as well?
    19        A.  That is correct.
    20
    21   Q.   Which is, very approximately, and you have done the exact
    22        arithmetic, half as much again, 8.4 as against 17.8?
    23        A.  That is correct.
    24
    25   Q.   That brings you up from the .96 square miles to the 1.42?
    26        A.  Yes, that is right.
    27
    28   Q.   You have added on .46 which is to .96 what 8.4 is to 17.8?
    29        A.  Correct.  My Lord, what I would like to do is confer
    30        with Mr. Donald Thomson and ensure that we then do the
    31        calculation that Mr. Morris has asked for, which is how
    32        could this be dealt with over a period of 100 years to give
    33        a sustainable resource and what area would be needed.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  What I suggest you do, Mr. Morris, that
    36        will go down the transcript which you will get sometime
    37        tomorrow.  I am not suggesting that you do not understand
    38        now, but if you have any difficulty about it, read it
    39        through and if you have any challenge to it or anything you
    40        want to ask Mr. Mallinson to improve your understanding,
    41        you can ask him when he comes back.
    42
    43   MR. MORRIS:  For any plantations that were planted in the last,
    44        say, 40 years, 50 years since the Second World War, say,
    45        those plantations, the actual material for pulp would be
    46        from thinned, from thinning, would they not, because they
    47        would not be mature enough to clearfelled yet?
    48        A.  Well, this again depends on how fast things grow, but
    49        if we are talking about a 50-year period of which much of
    50        the planting was less than 50 years, than the greater 
    51        majority of the supply would be from the thinnings, yes. 
    52        But as far as the UK is concerned ---- 
    53
    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Your example comes from an area where some is
    55        mature or relatively mature forest and some is more
    56        recently planted forest?
    57        A.  That is right.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  So if it was anything planted since the Second
    60        World War, say, the calculation based on thinning would be

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