Drainage hj Steam Power. 



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and the present Sir Thomas Hesketh's grandfather, considering 

 the farm-buildings useless, removed them, but allowed the house 

 to remain. Since that period the land has been in the occupation 

 of the owner, and has hitherto afforded but a poor and scanty 

 herbage to a few agisted cattle. 



Animal Expenditure in maintaining tlie Engine and Works^ and 

 Interest of Capital invested. 



Coal, viz. 200 tons of slack, including carting 

 3 miles and boating 9 miles. Cost at the 

 canal, near the coal-pits, Is. Qd. to 2s. per 

 ton, according to quality. Cost when 



delivered, about hs. 



Deduct coal used by engine-man at his 

 cottage, say .......... 



Wages of engine-man (including rent of 

 cottage, 2 acres of land, and coal) . 



Occasional assistant 



Oil, tallow candles, &c. &c 



Keeping embankments, watercourses, &c., in 

 order, say 



Interest on capital expended in drains, em- 

 bankments, engine, &c., M'lhl. 8s. \Qd., 

 at 7 per cent,, repairs included * . . , 



Interest on capital expended in tile-drains, 

 &c., U»OOZ. at 5 per cent 



Interest on capital expended in farm-build- 

 ings, &c., lOOOZ., at 4 per cent 



£. s. d. 



51 9 8 

 1 9 8 



39 0 0 

 2 10 0 



Cost per 

 Acre for 1100 

 Acres. 



50 0 0 



d. 



0 11 



41 



10 



0 



0 



9 



15 



13 



0 



0 





15 



0 



0 



0 





122 



3 



0 



2 



3 



239 



15 



7 



4 





50 



0 



0 



0 



11 



40 



0 



0 



0 



8| 



451 



18 



7 



8 



3 



Estimated Value of the Land before and after Drainage. 



Quantity, 

 Statute Measure. 



Annual Value. 



Land south of Sluice, and between j 

 Wigan's Lane and Sandyway . . j 



Land east of Sandyway, and between 

 the Sluice and Mere Lane . 



Mere House Farm, all M'est of Wigan's 

 Lane (the improved value is in part 

 accounted for by the newly erected 

 farm-buildings) 



Remainder of land 



A. R. p. 



67 2 32 

 0 8 



UG 



230 0 0 

 386 1 0 



800 0 0 



Before Drainage. 

 £. s. d. 



30 0 0 

 64 0 0 



70 0 0 

 365 0 0 



529 0 0 



After Drainage. 

 £. s. d. 

 121 0 0 

 259 0 0 



350 0 0 

 548 0 0 



1278 0 0 



* The makers of the engine inform me that 12^ per cent, -would be a fair allow- 



