OF ENGLAND. 23 



It has been supposed that the water power used in 

 manufactures of this couutry was of much greater 

 importance than the fisheries. I have endeavoured 

 to collect reliable information upon the extent and 

 value of all the water power in the United Kingdom, 

 by comparison with steam power, and the only infor- 

 mation I have met with has been from the Factory 

 Inspectors Report, 1862, from which I have taken the 

 following extracts : 



