374 
Reclaiming part of Forest of Delamere. 
thinning out on both sides. The fee was very carefully taken off 
the surface of the marl and thrown back into the place from 
whence the marl had been excavated. The waggon roads were 
laid into the bottom of the marl bed, which rested on sand and 
on a bed of large water-worn pebbles. The thickness of the fee 
was moderate and uniform, being about one-fourth to one-fifth of 
that of the marl. 
The work of marling commenced in Longridge and Plovers 
Moss early in March, 1861, and was completed at the end of 
March, 1863, a period of exactly twenty-five months. The work 
proceeded at the average rate of about 32 acres per month ; the 
largest quantity being 63 acres, and the least 18 acres, in one 
month. 87,228 cubic yards of marl were excavated and conveyed 
an average lead of two miles, and the quantity spread per acre 
was at the rate of about 110 cube yards, at a cost of 7890/., being 
at the rate of 21'70r/. per cube yard, and of 9Z. 18.5. per acre, 
exclusive of the loss upon the disposal of the plant, and the cost 
of superintendence. 
The following table gives the cost of each portion of the work 
per cube yard : — 
* 
Removing fee and excavating marl 4 - 89 
Spreading marl 1*32 
Removing materials of, and making railway, laying rails, 
repairing and removing temporary roads, and tipping wag- 
gons 3 '95 
General work at the marl-pits 3 - ()(j 
Carpenters' wages '50 
Blacksmiths' wages '44 
Feed of horses, horsekcepers and drivers, harness and repairs 
to ditto 4-01 
Engine, including driver, cleaners, fuel, oil, &e., and repairs 
to ditto 1-94 
Repairing waggons (materials) '43 
Carting materials for repairs '23 
Foremen, &c. .. "33 
21-70 
The plant employed on this portion consisted of the locomotive, 
11 horses, 60 waggons, 2600 yards of engine rails, 2500 yards of 
moveable rails, barrows, planks, carts, &c. The repairs and 
renewals were all executed on the works, and were charged to 
Marling, as will be seen by the foregoing table. The number of 
men and boys employed was about seventy. 
At the conclusion of the work all the rails, waggons, locomo- 
tive, &c., were removed to Organsdale and Primrose Hill allot- 
ments, which will be next described. 
The whole of the 800 acres in Longridge and Plovers 
Moss could not have been considered worth more than 5s. per 
