Л | хоғғмвев 9, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND СЕКИДЕ GAZETTE. 995 
that the actual from ——— 
the actual yield land, when epee ils p the —— n of the rainfall | which had fallen in Spes and November had. sufficed to ll 
Er eer land, is а mig " favour of the for: 
cases where the two processes of draini 
f ons, surface of which having |96 the E dolio 
w off the minii ^4 guae ар propo damit € rapidly а large Proportion of Н 
infall. Mis = і? wi o Rangala. зонай хз water had situe n gradually rising, yo 
moo! filled up to its capability of retentiom till 
fro! ii тарман зый poen 5 т RR. when complete saturation was arrived at. Ор 
АЛ... ON e. i and gi ff ^i isturi «Аса parag that day, a fall of 0.542 ыйл or 12,262. gallons. per aere, took 
oating m i i i n tent tho. rch: xdi place; and the most remarkable increase im the rate of dis- 
all kinds of exbulains cnn LE ined or MM т arge was the consequence. From a flow of 125 gallons per 
ті f bout , on the 9th, the outlets discharged 5150 gallons-on the 10th. 
T figures are Y forth to.draw бейту to t ude | It. is- desirable w attention to the fact, that it is.only 
of the guzas ld to which ркен is gradually extending | when the clays have absorbed their full quantum that they wiil 
о practico — and for м rovision m: e made sooner or later M etes € rainfall н so a, ы r тр э — кнн 
main arteries outas, 
higher | proportion of heavier rainfalls may be discharged 
А, 
бу descen din rains to the ЗЕ affect the arteríal system of the pe esi Butas A 
gs rose when ће 
ins will n to Dolls will be discharging at least 1000 gallons per acre per dieta, 
Ses Shown, and. con- 
обу, Chi considerable one in 
A ER, Fiere where the surface as | subsoil intermediate between 
E as [y subsoil, A even and € -— е in fact, s | depth - beg the рар? met rer 9 в 
y her He ir 
unk after the drains 
soil be ** fre in the spring. Sess ace will be рех E а: be | October -n га .. 1.200 mil. 
i ordin neing | November Ре ә „>= 1.29 Al 
December . .188 
nuary . 00 (as совы ЮФ 1.026 
February - ig » „155 ‚311 
March m .‹ .598 .107 
shou! April.. " - " .. 1.086 r 
drains; (2), the water coles sinks е the aaay к і oct e sal — p 
the moisture which rises from the subsoil ben vd the drains | ect of d iiis the: C lay. Soils Arterial C m 
тасы dispe 55 M d она This will be T юм it is stated that io 
drainage water of 46,000 acres of day lands will place 1000 
aeres of land t быт turated under water 10 inches dee, 
im if t n. Dervent tested rar от the basin of tho 
Lgs eng erwent, ап [3 of which - 
(as guardians- t fi уз basin, 
cost of which is c 
xi the circumstances o ре , 
tra water thrown 
TR pue sod of the clays alone would 
AL- eq $550.00 айол, wii wow De йсй о 
n I 
harged free cover nearly 13,000 acres with water ten inches deep. 
reason a 3 feet rtl will be only 2 feet in places. Now render the surface more. capablo t ar, Spes ч 
ger the "— à of any айгай ure the weakest | grid it; second, B low e discharge о the vu pus tdi d ara чш T tato y aran iaia piieis nei 
regard 9f undamdrainiaga by ita | springe” ча RE slight degree; an and d third, to withdraw from the although b the 
rt is no respecter of ром on all t under-drains | owed b 
particular spots, *l we are not looking very far forward in | се 
n the time when the clay апаз of this country | Under-drain 
will be n the steam. subsoiler; and it is by ло. there can be п 
water 
may с when, -draining: being fol- 
ed by deep ken Ба amd the ТӨШЕ ofridge and furrow, 
rod: ho Mee the rst 1 oods may be diminished, the tendency of extending works of 
ng Fus inishes gat Les es e ilie result | mde Seir s to augment the daily flow of our sidus eti that 
= reno of opthión: at the voiding of IP eriod of the year "- the soil is saturated to the extent of 
soilfrom which the water its cap 
is d Ec of te arteries and outfalls will becom 
пее 
ty. 
d Draimage Act, 1861."—I will now add a few 
y Dr 
ачай р v» wor "e descriptive of the powers of the Act of last 
a 2 Р 
and d ласту 4 foot P deep, and the surface |5 whi ch wa s passed for Фе furtherance of this 
the clear capacity for the reception t ob 
ich amounts alm an | of rain would be 53 in pecu eran her th. Fortunate would be e first time powers have been obtained to enable the 
no under-drains can be executed 20-6. a | Ше owners of land and the nhabitanta of our valleys^if this | | proprietors of the lower lands to Коро verni dams, weirs, and 
ретш dep pth of 4 feet, the pomo watercourses veoeiving | | condition generally existe ed, faa hen we should hear but little | other impediments which at present оройо the upland waters 
re e. а 
n, 7 n атте” d ст ‚ ат, 7 
little additi nal facilities | general. oer eum С зы 
свеца. ' X  ditches: and per АЙ pumice angi 
ections be found to cover in pasturage, D the 
here ЕЕ, а роса and furrow su 
мө, мт been adopted, hollows, unaffected by cultivatio: 
egerat 
f vm rain 5 а t. 
Ne СЕ thy м тертый, 
E with pe inda 
seasons; and 
B 
UT 
— 
ede proie pibe iaf i T Mei dm 
ore | of the: rain T omi [us Dey MI C rom 
th]; and mean dise Ач 
йат UE ышту: e айу | soni n 
tity per aere, were as follows :— а 
ШП 
i 
that in 
ME Rainfall the adt паз at will not be the 
ble in | Ootober...... 1.900  .9221 February.....158 . .T45. | леден of discha: 
sm Ben November .. 1.229 .483 March ,,.... 508 982. | УаПеуВ ed 
E 2m e 1.086 .293 
тууй .547 .188 
[ч 
much m lop 
re rai 
of adjacent and .901 
Бег of 11009 
.680 
1.387 
Í 
Fre ат аа СЕ 
кча it t may be 
of the free rm "had been | 
a 
y 
grok Roro adt d does d M Lot ui eque ат Арс 
D 
Ё 
ent of te 
natural, perhaps, wii 
ver the benefits; px I think i A 
ficiently drained land with the 
ot drained д " е should o d free 
t | titii e код 
consulted. to a yon i ry. % a ру t 
for th h i ti f wet fion » soi s 
not being drained as satisfactorily as the t 
ference between the land sufoientiy d ой mà о. wmopleis the unde: rdrainag of the 
d, was 8 c Wheat ‹ s nog 
dá e. ру A 
ш 
| 
E 
purpose to do e I will be es 
MNT ade of s surchai 
SEPE 
Я "diseharge on any ticular Á- when the er 
A saturated to the extento f реа dy when tie am 
ө foregoing. g remarks 
We now Approach the рны аар 
arge Hons the **elays," upon w «воената 
ts айога some i — 
quod сезм Г Bons 
xke lete pond y ori When 
en the excess won or low o T Le b both refuse, an appeal 
н И Кын rrows and by dita Md in P But, where the owner assents and 
ng in Great x т e 
, 890,000 wears out of the total area of 56, sito > diei sipa ted ч тароо сеш нар д boss 
d already — drained will not reach vct of е «(Пау Sois."— 16 hàs atread 
voee gom mad e the dishare from the free soils will precede. be 
Us пата, Tao rem а me eder qe va des m nU tem MM MA. mE to jury by. a lessee; an 
from tha clava ab Ei worth. hi i. ir 
which absorb а A "filtrate to rA due depths AE ао" it is that t begin to veg im озм atall|justiees by а е won. fhis is not possible; for 
Téaeh of evaporation from 1-10th to $ of the rain | till the end of "еман ОЯ ат tke 3iinchesof rain directly ап applicant/ serves а Notice he becomes com 
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