134! OUE COAL AND COAL POETS. 



sumption of our coal and perhaps of our iron to a probably, pro- 

 digious extent ; neither need I dwell on the general consequences 

 that \Yill be caused by the use of and by the development of the 

 surface pi'oducts all along this hitherto lost country, including all 

 Illawavra proper ; nor should we fail to consider that the apparent 

 costliness of these works should be as nothing compared with the 

 great advantages to the public that will accrue from their adoption, 

 and that by making people familiar with the idea of costly works, 

 they at last come to consent to their being entered upon. 



But, though last, it may not be the least in the important con- 

 sequences of the proposed work that this beautiful line of suburban 

 railway will induce us, from time to time, to shake offsomeof our 

 utilitarian habits, to avail ourselves of that social enjoyment and 

 relaxation from business which such short railway trip to Illawarra 

 will give in an unsurpassable degree. 



