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(2) Areas of Blown Sand adjoining/ the Sea. — On the 

 coast of North Wales several large areas of this kind 

 are to be found ; next the sea comes a line of dunes, 

 behind which is a comparatively level stretch covered 

 with rough grass and rushes, the soil being almost 

 pure sand. To reclaim these areas the dunes have 

 to be fixed by planting with Austrian pine, gorse, elder, 

 marram grass, etc., a few drainage cuts are often 

 necessary, then the light soil is readily brought under 

 cultivation. This type of land is well suited for 

 market-garden cultivation, both by its ease of working 

 and proximity to the sea, provided that it is liberally 

 supplied with phosphatic and potash manures at the 

 outset. Some of these areas contain a certain pro- 

 portion of strong alluvial soil adapted to corn growing 

 and akin to the valuable land adjoining the Wash 

 and the Humber. The cost of the preparation of the 

 land for cultivation is low, but the charges to be met 

 depend in each case upon the proportion the cultivable 

 areas bears to that of the dunes requiring fixing. In 

 some cases too high a price is demanded for areas of 

 this kind capable of profitable reclamation because of 

 their possible value of development as seaside estates. 



In character intermediate between this type and 

 that previously described are certain areas that are 

 neither links nor slob land. In one case there Hes 

 about six square miles of land that only commands a 

 few pence per acre for rough grazing, in part strong 

 alluvial soil, in part peaty and elsewhere sandy, a 

 large proportion being subject to flooding at high 

 spring tides. The work required is embankment, 

 drainage, possibly a pumping station, and special 



