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Report, of the Judfjcs on the 
Warwick for the sewage. On the sewage farm, at the ends of 
the delivery-pipes, there are two tanks ; the chief tank is a small 
brick tank which intercepts a small amount of solid matter. 
At the end of the branch delivery-main there is a large open 
excavation in the earth for storing sewage ; but this is now 
used only to a very slight extent. As far as possible all the 
solids of the sewage are pumped with the liquid. For this 
purpose, the large open tank at the site of the outfall is occa- 
sionally stirred up by men who work from a punt, and who mix 
the solids with the water, so that the whole may be pumped on 
to the farm. Any solids which cannot be got from the tank at 
the pumping-station in this way are removed by manual labour 
about once a year, when the tank is drawn down. This work 
is done by the Corporation of Leamington, and the solids thus 
removed are disposed of by them. After the sewage has been 
delivered upon the farm, in some few cases it is conveyed 
through earthenware-pipe carriers. Most of the carriers, how- 
ever, are simple earth-cut trenches, and the sewage is invariably 
distributed over the surface of the land from such carriers. 
The land is mostly drained, the stiff land at a depth of 4 feet, 
with the drains 40 feet apart, and the light land 5 feet deep, 
with the drains 60 feet apart. There was no surface effluent 
from the farm, and very little effluent from the land drains 
at the time of our inspections, compared with the volume of 
sewage which is applied to the land. The Leamington sewage 
farm no doubt enjoys some special advantages, all of which 
have been made the most of. The quality of the sewage 
is good, and in no other district did we find such facilities 
for selling the produce from the farm. The prejudice which 
still exists in many parts of England against milk, rye-grass, 
and vegetables grown by sewage have here all been overcome, 
if they ever existed, and in all seasons there are customers for 
all that is grown. The sewage farm proper, being occupied in 
conjunction with Lord Warwick's park, is enabled to keep a 
large head of stock throughout the year ; and from the accounts 
it will be seen that one-half the gross receipts taken on the 
farm occur in connection with the live-stock or their produce. 
With reference, however, to the park-land, it should be stated 
that the rent paid for it and the adjoining arable land is at 
the rate of \l. lis. 2rf. per acre, while that of the sewaged land 
proper is at the rate of 2Z. 45. per acre. We were also informed 
that the Earl of Warwick has the privilege of turning his 
horses in the park without charge, that the arable land held in 
connection with the park is completely surrounded by game 
preserves, and that the land is cultivated in a great measure for 
the purpose of preserving the game ; so that it would appear, 
