SCIENTIFIC NEWS. S67 



What quantity of iron may be now made in England, 

 Wales, Scotland, Ireland — this is, iron into lars ? 



What may be the quantity in same manner of cast iron into 

 various purposes for domestic and general use ? 



No doubt the British ore, if worked by wood, could produce 

 equal iron to any we import j but is the quality of iron im- 

 proved by working with coal at the present period, and is it 

 possible by coal to make it equal to the foreign we import > 



Is any quantity of British cast ware exported, as well as Bri- 

 tish iron in bars, and where to principally ? 



Is it not possible to manufacture all the iron we require for 

 home consumption and exportation amongst ourselves ? and 

 by what means could it be adopted ? 



Does not the duty on the importation of foreign iron act as 

 a bounty upon our own ? or does the importation of foreign 

 iron interfere with that of our own manufacture ? and what 

 means would be the most effectual to depress the importa- 

 tion of foreign, by a competition in the manufacture of our 

 own ? 



Is it possible to increase the making of iron in the United 

 Kingdom adequate to all wants and exportation without 

 the danger of exhausting our own native resources, if the 

 iron trade could be made the principal staple of the coun* 

 try ? 



In what part of the United Kingdom can tfie Iron be made 

 the cheapest ? 



What may be the whole aggregate quantity of Iron, cast in 

 bars in various iron utensils j a;id the whole manufacture 

 of iron ware, from native ore, throughout the United King- 

 dom? 



If the greatest quantity of iron is made in Wales, what 

 may be the expence of conveying it up to London ? 



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