r within the 
and com- | fered with 
r of a riv I and intellige: nosis resident onit ina very neat 
side ere s of the qit tches. The | modious house, 
per ondary and the tonne ploughed into ridges in oo geniene of the company who may choose to 
Soe E w sit ao scene of their successful A Ree fro 
1850 and 185 ar tant t loc alities 
and 
acres in 
fol? nia wile, nos conduct 
Ping engine peri 
y disc 
ee naiysis of the reclaim p 
nsn N 
canals and 
the cupias» water to 
ne south side of the harbour the same 
in len 
oe 5 sinan Adventur urers? Bod = oe completed | as 
company 
which 
Bh principal, outlet, where an, ee — of sluices ‘and 
| No. 1. Yo. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. 
| Soi | 0.111 | 0.098} 0.082 
wee) oard 0.485) 0.221) 0.240 
RRR | 0.152 231| 0.218] 0.286 
— | J. 0-197 253| 0.604] 0.243 
papet | 2188| 4669| 3.334] 7.055 
Beati gee] 3:055} 1.525) 2.882 
poio 1.169} 2.563] 2.021] 0.871 
pkoi ~; 0.063| 0.103} 0.098} 0.055 
a... 0.404} 0.588] 0.396} 0.293 
Path" Peg 0.073 0.021} 0.025 
aig oe bY 
$6 storie acid 5.984| 13.958| 9.547] 6.738 
silicates indecom 
0.631 
“| 
_.) 15.439 | 52.934} 34.679] 9.681 
| 66.64 
8.854 | 87.957) 65.815 
5.607 | 12.137 8.707 4.809 
the first latours of a steam- -engine 
2500 more acres are gained big the tide. i have seen 
of 60 h 
se-power 
which sets in 
were rid, 
to the pe! spot where it is 
The of 
the 5 ag better than t 
posing to be capable of discharging, by its raki 
of water per minute. A canal leads the w. mond 
former FINGE, nih those of the drains conducting to it, to 
pe where the engine and sluices, &c., are place = 
few es dug and formed into 
umn; Sai very early this year great numbers of 
culm for the kilns 
brought pice ana the oppose coast of South Wales 
eater part o; the “reclaimed soil on this side 
sup- 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 135 
, they could not act obtaining ~ 
ion of po Admiralty. Mie: when it w; 
by 
sate ery the commissioners, Sir John 
m .Burgoy 
y 1 M É ny hey tified 
in sanctioning the undertaking, and that the Com- 
missioners of Woods and Forests, who "a proprietors 
es to the public (reserving to themselves a 
fortieth of the lands when ree resi as a com tion 
any loss that might arise to the public from the 
conte one ted eee ould amend anything liable to 
he j 
disarmed, a 
taste of the commissioners were justly 
ges 
of the 
pr eee ry in a very gentlemanly tone by the pre- 
id s elay i ; the 
d 
ted t ce essary 
funds on the legal terms of Rade yment of principal and 
interest by halt-yea arty Large ents during 24 years. A 
canal five nate in length, with the necessary bridges, 
culverts, and masonry, pe S an embankment 1237 feet 
j A were formed to exclude the tide, ah ra 
necessary sluice tunnels, sluice ga 
ke, et the cost 1P 43,5002, in R aria on 
of th 
99.369 | 98.914 | 99.423 98.475 
D 
1.086 0.577 1.52 
prep 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 
Oe a: a 
have opinion ced in 
ae Ptr Saliran, che chemist to the Museum of 
ts 
gp sahil to him fi 
wascorrect. He stated that ‘the sc ra was richi in all 
deposi ts of cockle shells : the 
opposite tract; in some parts it is full of innumerable 
in their final Pie in 1855 reduced the amount 
1 8007. 
Y ever tea e lands by the Treasury | to 16, 
exhaustless, 
a enj kind; that the absence 
that the ee ma pererin; 
salt was 
as I have had ai 
e miton ig this <tr ags element in | wate 
aca been distinctly noted in the tai 
he entire expenditure by the company from the 
commencement of their operations —includin, 
for the steam-engi ine-house, chimney (140 feet 
50002. 
the ‘Treasury 
amount to more than 16,0002. as regards 'the five 
= = anen ” proprietors, who have obtained all the 
reclaimed mud lands, because there are several in- 
eci- P y It is to | “ within one mile of the lands roved, 
is (as above Ries cerely hoped that this speculation, so patriotie in | have been charged according to the estimated yt nin 
ts design, m ay prove so largely remunerative in its re- nts. During the year 1847, ha the work was 
ther land proprietors or commercial | rapid progress, Merge was no rate in aid imposed on the 
of chlorine mpanies to ex! he same system of reclamation to | barony in which i arrie ey on: this ve a great 
p sd ‘tunity oF other parts e ‘he king. At present this work— | relief to isd ined interest during such a per 
ure to thes ncluding a one on a amas scale! The pres nefits gained by the meal pe of land 
erabum ndance and | with far Tess igs d difficulties , and w which I | along or Keit a S course of the tide canal are, besides 
rp l ieve cay of Aroa that of perk ASTA, gravel 
and act vO iti p land road m tal, lime, cul m, and pe ab ange at a very 
ry large quantity with he details of the reclamation of Ballyt Loug} 
ity f tl t ecessit y > ‘sail o. 
SÀ. Row: tried the e effects of lime on some mud land 
fihad 
Rowey po Peer ne sherif of = ‘enn ae 
a 
ten Ani ago; and his conviction of its efficacy has 
y endered him and others very onm 
what ratio to the water “not 
Rabun iu p 
Poa does not seo Yet this nitrogenised ae 
value be 
a 
umus | per Fan mise: pty famine, sugges ‘elt of “slob” 
Jandl or = Joie wins also “ frontagees,” the expediency | ander a commencing process of culture. This “ slob” 
of closing up the above-named estuary from the ti uality that it is not easy to a 
aters and face ag it into arable land. He ob- sig | acreable value to it. Some parts are being let at 
ned their full concurrence, and with his charac- . the Irish acre, and other portions at 40s. per acre, 
ter carried the scheme into e A » tillin ng of this will be a source of poraa labour 
memorial having been submitted to the | for many y evelop some 
commissioners appointed under the p ions of the | fresh y g 
» 5&6 Vict., the matter was referred | siv: Guat as in tances previa 
, C. E., who after full examination of related, wil I tend to further development o the capa- 
i prepa insects, and a aquatie birds, and of 
uatic plants would in mudland soil, it 
contribute no very trivial ey demonstrated very perspicuously the easy accompli 
Es n 
= land. was first dug 
ær). 
into ridges, in order 
ee is gren disch 
a Grasses to s id ieee so that the grazing: 
er are pas wage mgt seeds how. 
irira 
to allow “the 
are 
, and mo 
uke Floods poeta sr at cite come 
‘ier: the tidal waters enter at a very 
passage ¢ called the Bar of Lough, and when pe survey 
ards 
adjoining the rivers which ran into the low lough, am and 700 a 
bilities of this newly acquired tract 
y c 
ment of the proposed undertaking. _From 
I de t particul A rang sandhills of EIGHTS AND sent rete S. 
very unequal breadth and elevation forms aoga ws [The sania is an extract from Mr. Wallis’s paper on this 
subject lately read before the London Farmers’ Club, 
Tue returns from eight members of this club, = 
farmers’ clubs agricultural societies, 
boards of guardians, exhibit entire unanimity as to the 
desira the. diversity of weights 
measur’ e „ and of establishing a 
uniform ; indeed the ae garara eae a 
en 
INi 
ten among w which Timothy and gp cathe high tides overflowing the banks, or from want taf “ial tion of the many q fe 
rank. In the second, thd an end fourth | for the aian and the consequent impracticabili f | That, however, has already passed, < 
and Date sare caltiva h great | underdrainage, The drainage and improvement of d away; and as all tthe dese for an « Ria srt 
of ted 
ee Pues 2 to 
in neutralis phe and ot tie tidal waters in the first instance. It was pro- rapidly gaining ground, It seems almost needless 
so ad ienced that a’ 1630 of mud and rich alluvial | dwell on this part of the subject, farther than to place 
is ado Fortunately | deposits with the exception of 170 acres of sandy beach sot weigh £ 
ee a Daa Gf a] too tow fo: be drainel. at abe Raat ae h corn is sold; and if it is instrumental in 
amo i: Sapi by lighters | claimed, and improved was 2845 Russell ioe about their destruction, and in hing 
just noticed, and By ee ah tie Aiae = that time y as a standard, it will not have existed in vain. — 
vt aged ad ig he te "bond Jongh and sob" one-| Tio memas ce Pha aa ans 
corn, ase the average quantity of lime “ite surface might be discharged at the |$ pushels : the roomb of 4 bushels; the bag of 3 bushels ; the 
the whole summer : | bar, pe by a canal or new river course taking up the | boll of 4 bushels and 2 bushels. The weights for Wheat are 
lst z Mey extent of crops | waters of the hi river, at such an elevation as | as follows rashel of 80 lba, 75 Tbs., ea ee 
Wa 280 a ey 155 acres, Oats | would by adopting a contonr line take in the waters of Obs, 65 Tbs., 64 Ibs., €8 Tbs., 62 - : eie 
à wal part peni dears, aed ee te load of 488 Ibs., 280 Ibs. and 261 lbs. jt boll of 340b. ; the 
3 other small 12 ak , ll score 
e nom | united streams to a lange area within the bon ame Here; the Barrel of 288 Ibs. et aie of 220 Tbs. the 
Se piine and yield were beyond al ti especta, |e waters of a fourth river commingling with them in | aene na 1d etones, sled by sil ibe, 24 as 190ibe, 240 Tony 
‘rnin aut an gm that | P-R Suigoing wa sa Tbs. ‘The meas ane. for Dae are one peie | 
Dares daring th S a oon pny A S ber ry eer ey oy, 
lor | __ The work thus contemplated t y ith. m } pp Maps Erea Peiper a 32 stone; the 
ve Jof their sould be. Sajured. ia. wasievs senpa Dy A a Gots ae ot te tas cae Ce 
s wa r. ; 
i r Spas tiang a “the tidal sehen a the nd 3 bushels; the load of 492 q! ny age 
the plea that the following wei e ipg 7 yiee 
pm ihe plos: navigation in the barrel of 196 Ibs. ; the hobbit of 105 ibs. ; the bag of 8 score : 
ied about a mile and a half inwards of the bar | the cwt. ; the stone; and the bushel of 45 Ibs. and 40 Ibs. ; and 
wi be destroyed by the pro, Anta- | by 24 stone. Beans by 8 bushels; the load of 
5 bushels, ; and the bag of 3 bushels : also 
gonistic meetings were held, and lawyers were engaged | $ “i. fallowing —320 lbs., 280 Ibs., 220 lbs., and 
oppose th of the scheme. It was urged | 1i? Ibs. ; by 10 score; 38 stone ; the windle of 220 Tbe ; and 
that no section of the Drainage Act gave the commis- the bushel of 66 Ibs. 62 Ibs. ie cd the belt ak 
> iea ot 
lso rt of it the Statute acre was a misprint for the 
in th eee which stated the average acreable 
had es and rowei m an thet where bore mavigation was as inter 
mee ee oe 
cag ‘ames y our country be favoured with many 
estab! nt of a Flax mill by prey Men Earn 
ai tee lent ios’ doriana ette, “In the 
Irish acre 
sroduce gh 
of 8 bushels, and the load of 6 bushels. Such are 
wrest cece whieh corn, meal, and malt are 
sold in the different mar: of the United Kingdom, as far as L 
have been able to ascertain them; but there are, doubtless, 
