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place to place with facility. Tlie followinc: is a copy of a 

 paper, prepared by Mr. Harvey, to show what has been done 

 since July, 1865: — 



August, 1865. — Steamed in 17 dnys 113 acres, or 7 acres ptr day, 10 to 12 

 inclies deep : 3 men, 5s. per day each ; 2 boys, 2s. per day ; Is. 10a'. extra 

 divided amongst the company. 



Total manual-labour £2G 10 2 



September and October, 1865. — Steamed 162 acres in 40 days, or 4 acres per 

 day, same average depth as above : 1 man, 3s. C)(l. a day ; 2 men, 2.''. ; 2 

 boys, Is. GcZ. each; lOd. per acre extra distributed amongst the company. 

 Total manual-labour £27 15 



June, &c., 1866. — Steamed 151 acres in 36 days, or A\ acres per day : 1 man, 

 3s. 6'/. per day ; 2 men, 2s. ; 3 boys. Is. 2d. per day ; lid. per acre distri- 

 buted amongst the company. 



Total manual-labour £26 14 5 



Jul}^ 1866. — Steamed 100 acres in 25 days, or 4 acres per day : 1 man, 

 3s. 6'/.; 2 men, 2s.; 3 boys, l.s. 2.d. per day ; extra, lid. per acre. 

 Total manual-labour £18 6 3 



Coal, 11. per ton home ; consumption, 15 cwts. per day of 10 hours. 



The farm, which consists of 300 acres, though nearly all 

 arable, is not of sufficient extent to employ so large an ap- 

 paratus. 



Mr. Harvey laid particular stress on the value of copper fire- 

 boxes and brass-tubes, such as those sent out with some of Ran- 

 some's engines, particularly when the water is apt to leave a large 

 deposit. He spoke of engines so fitted, which having been in con- 

 stant work since 1857, without repairs in tube or fire-box, are 

 now as good as they were the day they came from the Orwell 

 Works. The difference in price between copper and iron in an 

 engine of 7-horse power is 50/. When done with, the metal is 

 still valuable. 



No. 3. The Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester, Holkham, 

 Norfolk, September 11. In February, 1861, Lord Leicester 

 purchased a set of tackle for a farm of 500 acres of land just 

 reclaimed from the sea, which so late as 1857 was under water. 

 The soil, like all alluvia, is without stones. About two-fifths 

 of the area is a heavy blue clay thinning out to a sand on one 

 side of the farm. The subsoil is clay. The rest is being 

 clayed. Two horses plough 3 roods a day 6 to 7 inches deep. 

 A great deal of preliminary work had to be done before the 

 land was fit to receive horses. Creeks had to be filled up, 

 hollows levelled, ditches cut dividing the area into square plots, 

 roads constructed, and drains made. When this was done steam 

 was applied. The fields are of such dimensions, 280 yards square,. 



