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BRENT MARSH DRAINAGE. 



To Act of Parliament, gain- 

 ing consents, Sec. . . 400 

 To sluice at Letter de, near 



the river Perrott . . . 600 

 To 12 miles of new drain, 



average depth 1 5 feet 1 2,000 

 To lowering river Brue three 



miles ..... 1500 

 To purchase of land . . 2000 

 To bridges, hatches, &c. 2000 

 To sluice on the Axe near 



Hobbs boat .... 500- 

 To if miles of new drain 1500 

 To lowering the river Axe 



six miles .... 1000 

 To purchase of land . . 1 eoo 

 To commissioner, surveyor, 

 &c. Sec. 2500 



25,000 

 To ballance of profit 206,250 



CV. 



By 9000 acres turf bog 

 improved at the most 

 moderate computa- 

 tion, 15s. per acre, 

 making 6750I. per 

 annum, 25 years pur- 

 chase .... 168,75® 



By 5000 acres of 

 flooded land im- 

 proved 10s. 6d. per 

 acre, or 2500I. per 

 annum, 25 years 

 purchase . : . 62,500 



X 2 3^ 2 50 



£ 231,250 



On the side of the river Axe the expence of a compleat drainage 

 would not exceed 5000I. and there can be no doubt that the low 

 lands near Axbridge, Cheddar, Nyland, Draycot, Rodney Stoke, 

 Westbury, &c. would be improved at least 2000I. per annum. 

 As a farther stimulus it might be urged, that the air would be 

 rendered more healthful, and the exhalations which now rise from 

 so large a body of stagnant water, and are wafted by the winds to 

 the high corn lands of the Mendip Hills to their great detriment, 

 would be unknown. 



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