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been lowered between 2 and 5 feet. During the summer 

 the reduction in height of the surface-level will be seen to 

 be even greater. The width of the river since its regula- 

 tion is from 25 to 50 feet, its depth from 5 to 8 feet. Its 

 total fall is 34 feet. In the course of operations 38,000 

 cubic feet of soil were dug up, twenty-seven weirs were 

 constructed, and six bridges were built or repaired. The 

 land reclaimed amounted altogether to 14,664 acres. It 

 was naturally of varying quality, but its increase in value 

 may, without exaggeration, be estimated at about 4,000,000 

 kroner. As the cost of reclamation only amounted to 

 about 200,000 kroner, the result of the operations must 

 be regarded as most satisfactory. Last summer the value 

 of the meadow-hay harvested on many of the fields equalled 

 the cost of their reclamation. Succeeding harvests will 

 therefore bring a clear profit to the landowner. Small- 

 holders who have been obliged both to work and also to 

 fatten their cattle for the market will be able to grow oats 

 both for sowing in water meadows and on sandy soils, 

 and also for feeding the horses, which they will now be 

 able to buy. The engineer and contractor for the exten- 

 sive works, which have been carried out so successfully, 

 was M. Franz Lichtenberg, as regards three-quarters of 

 the whole course of the river. The remaining quarter, 

 the part nearest the mouth of the river, was assigned to 

 the engineer, M. Loisl, as the sphere of his activity." 



