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" fuse from paper mills, tanneries, and other works, to be 

 '' cast into the Thames between Cricklade and the com- 

 " mencement of the Metropolitan sewerage system, and 

 " that any person offending in this respect be made liable 

 " to penalties to be recovered summarily." 



On the 2nd May, 1866, Mr. Ffennell, the Inspector of 2 May, 1866. 

 Salmon Fisheries, presented his fifth annual report for j^gport 

 England and Wales. of Inspector 



n -,^ • -, 7T • 1 • of Salmon 



On the subject of pollution by collieries and paper mills. Fisheries. 



Mr. Ffennell, at page 15, says : — 



" I do not think I can better conclude my report than 

 " by giving an extract from the proceedings of the Wear 

 " Angling Association." 



The extract, which conclusively shows that owners of 

 collieries and paper miUs can carry on their works without 

 polluting the stream, is then appended. A portion of it, 

 relating to collieries, is as follows : — 



" The Earl of Durham had nobly led the way in reform 

 " by not only constructing subsiding ponds at all his col- 

 " lieries, but had in addition iiiade staples or Mells, into 

 " which the partially purified water was poured, thence 

 " pumped back again to the coal-washing apparatus, and 

 " so used over and over again ad infinitum. By this 

 " simple plan being adopted, it became unnecessary to 

 " return a drop of foul water to the river or its tributa- 

 " ries." 



After stating that the example of Lord Durham had 

 been or was about to be cordially adopted by Lord Vane 

 and other large colliery owners, the extract says, with 

 respect to paper mills : — 



" Much complaint having been made as to the foul 

 *' state of the Browjiey, arising from the flow of chemicals 

 " into the stream, we applied for information to Mr. 

 " Trotter Cranstown, of Churnside, who has large paper 

 " works on the Wliitadder, in Berwickshire. His reply 

 " was as follows : • In reply to yours of the 20th instant, 

 " ' wishing for information as to the steps we have 

 " ' adopted to purify the waste ley from our paper manu- 

 " ' factory, we made a large pond, comprising nearly an 

 " ' acre of ground, which, being all sand and gravel 



