64 THE GREAT WAR 



GREAT BRITAIN 



If a Koyal Commission were appointed to 

 enquire into the subject, it would be found that 

 there were some millions of acres of reclaimable 

 land in this country. The evidence given before 

 the Royal Commission on Coast Erosion 1 dealt 

 with this question and showed that large areas 

 of land, estuaries, tidal rivers, etc., could be 

 profitably reclaimed. 



It was shown in the Report (page 47) that at 

 Sunk Island 7000 acres had been reclaimed and 

 was producing an annual revenue of 10,000. 

 Mr. T. B. Grubb (page 129), a resident farmer in 

 the parish of Fingringhoe, stated that there were 

 600 acres in that parish capable of reclamation 

 on a remunerative basis. He had calculated that 

 these 600 acres could be reclaimed at a cost of 

 2500 and when reclaimed would be worth at 

 least 5000. 



Many other instances of a similar kind were 

 given in evidence. On the southern side of the 

 River Dee, about 3400 acres of marsh land had 

 been reclaimed. The rent of the land after 



1 Royal Commission on Coast Erosion (Report Cd. 5708, 

 1911). 



