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medal for embanking 166 acres of marsh land near the mouth of 

 the river Lune ; the particulars of the method adopted are given 

 in the Society's Transactions, vol. xxxix., No. vii. p. 33. This 

 reclaimed land has produced luxuriant crops, and there is no 

 doubt that land of this description would amply repay the 

 required outlay : after allowing 5 per cent, on the money ex- 

 pended in enclosing Aldcliffe Marsh, each acre pays 25*., the 

 former rental being 2s. 6d. If Cockerham, Pilling, and Thurn- 

 ham sands were enclosed, on the lowest calculation 5000 acres, 

 at present worth little or nothing per acre, would by an outlay of 

 14s. or 15s. per acre be made worth a yearly rental of 5500Z. 



In the year 1838 an extensive project was formed for the en- 

 closure of 46,000 acres in Morecambe Bay : the intention was to 

 cross the bay by a railway, but the Commissioners of Railways, 

 being directed to compare the line with one by Kendal to Car- 

 lisle, reported in favour of the latter, on account of its being 

 more direct, giving no opinion upon the work of enclosing 

 the Bay, which, however, by engineers, is considered perfectly 

 feasible. 



Of late years science has been directed to the great scheme 

 of international communication by railways, which have absorbed 

 the surplus funds of the country; but as these extensive works 

 approach their completion, it is to be hoped that public attention 

 will be turned to such undertakings as the enclosure of the Bay 

 of Morecambe, and for which the coast of Lancashire seems dis- 

 tinguished by peculiar advantages, as it is estimated that more 

 than 80,000 acres might be reclaimed to the north of the river 

 Wyre. 



In other parts of the county no great alteration can be effected 

 in the produce without a thorough system of drainage, and that 

 the landowners and farmers are now really becoming aware of the 

 importance of this first step is clearly proved by the many tileries 

 which have sprung up during the last few years. There are 

 now in 



The Southern Division. 



Tile-kilns belonging to SirT. G. Hesketh, Bart., Mawdesley. 



Mr. Holland . . . Farrington. 



Mr. Fazackerly . . Lathom. 



Mr. Hargreaves . . Broadoak,nearAccrington. 



The Earl of Ellesmere Worsley. 



Mr. Hoghton . . . Bold. 



Mr. Whalley . . . Chorley. 



Mr. Chaffer . . . Burnley. 



Mr. Doulton and Co. . St. Helens. 



(Name unknown) . Oswaldtwistle. 



Col. Rawstorne . . Pennwortham. 



Mr. Hatton . . . Moss Hawk Hall. 

 &c. &c. 



