Oa the Drainage of Land. 



279 



The following is a statement of the improvement by drainage, and the 

 expenditure, during the ten ^-ears preceding 1841, upon such parts 

 of the estate as have been drained: — 









Value of the Lands 



in 









Value of the Lands 



in 









their original state. 



Amount of 



their present state. 





Quantities. 











Expenclitm-e in 



















L uder- 



















Per 



Annua] 





draining 





Per 



Annual 











Acre. 



Value. 











Acre, 



Value. 





a. 



r. 



P- 



S. 



£. 



s. 



7 



a. 



^' 



s. 



a. 



S. 



£. 



s. 



cl 



78 



1 



36 



10 



39 



4 



9 



2^2 



15 



0 



27 



105 



18 



9 



19 



1 



32 



10 



9 



14 



6 



74 



9 



8 



35 



34 



0 



9 



38 



0 



3 



16 



30 



8 



3 



52 



14 



2 



40 



76 



0 



9 



82 



2 



2 



15 



61 



17 



8 



346 



16 



4 



30 



123 



15 



4 



30 



3 



24 



10 



15 



9 



0 



121 



5 



8 



35 



54 



1 



6 



81 



1 



34 



8 



32 



11 



8 



153 



16 



4 



22 



89 



12 



2 



36 



3 



16 



10 



18 



8 



6 



142 



8 



0 



30 



55 



5 



6 



33 



0 



0 



8 



13 



4 



0 



SO 



5 



2 



26 



42 



18 



0 



10 



2 



33 











90 





°l 



50 



26 



15 



3 



10 



0 



8 









1 



8 



21 



10 



11 



0 



9 



0 



0 



12 



5 



8 



0 



76 



9 



8 



30 



13 



10 



0 



15 



0 



11 



16 



12 



1 



0 



41 



9 



4 



33 



24 



17 



3 



21 



2 



10 



15 



16 



3 



5 



66 



0 



0 



30 



32 



6 



10 



467 



0 



9 



■■ 



.54 



10 



9 



1508 



17 



4 





689 



13 



1 



The niam drains have been laid about 3 feet deep, with tiles 

 about 5 inches wide by 12 inches long. The branch drains are 

 about 2 feet 6 inches deep, and are laid with tiles about 4 inches 

 wide by 12 inches long. The cost of the former was about 45 

 and the latter about 356". per thousand, when purchased at the 

 kiln. The cost of cutting and laying the main drains was about 

 Is. per rood of 8 yards, and the small drains about 9rf. per rood ; 

 but it should be observed that in this part of Staffordshire the 

 labourers" wages are from 2s. to 3s. per week higher than they 

 are in many other counties, on account of its being near the im- 

 portant iron and coal mines, as well as the Staffordshire potteries. 

 In some of the valleys the substratum is of a loose mixture of 

 sand and gravel, and in those places it was found necessary to 

 adopt drains varying from 5 to 8 feet deep, which pour forth 

 larsre bodies of water both in summer and winter. 



These lands having been effectually drained, Mr. Bright's next 

 object was to collect so much of the drain-water as the levels 

 permitted into two main carriers, for the purpose of employing 

 them as a power to turn a mill-wheel, and afterwards to be ap- 

 plied in irrigation. For the former object, a small reservoir has 



