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The security of embankments made against 
rivers and the sea, to the utmost extent of 
human foresight. 
The embankment and cultivation of large 
tradfs of sands and vvashways now open to 
the sea and to the tides. 
A more general and systematic discovery 
of the contents of the bowels of the earth in 
different distridls, as to ores, coals, manures, 
and means of improving the surface. 
The promotion of canals. 
I'lie separations of interests in, and the 
inclosiire and cultivation of his Majesty's 
forests. 
The inclosure of commons, common fields, 
and waste lands. 
The sale* of the Crown lands. 
» It has been rumoured that Mr. Fordyce, the Surveyor- 
General, gives out that he shall advance the annual income 
from this estate to 400,000!. per annum. Be it so. For the 
reasons already given in this publication, there is the strongest 
ground to believe, that such species of improvement will be 
rebutted by restraints, depressions, and oppressions that will 
ultimately diminish the revenue in an equal ratio. 
