INLAND NAVIGATION.

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According to the first account, by the author of The Advantages ofInland Navigation, the quantity of land to be purchased is:

Acres.

From Winsford-bridge in Cheshire, to Bridgeford-bridge

in Staffordshire - - 214

From Bridgeford-bridge in Staffordshire, to Wilden Ferryin Derbyshire - - 81 4

From the junction at Bridgeford to Tern-bridge, Shrop-shire — — — — — 199 4

Total number of acres 494 4

By Mr. Brindley’s plan, which is executed, the number of acres isonly 482. The route of the canal is from Preston Brook in Cheshire,to go into the duke of Bridgewater’s, and to Runcorn, by Great Hay-wood, to very near Litchfield, and fall into the river Trent at WildenFerry. This canal comes through the great hill, called Harecastle,above a mile under ground ; and from Great Flay wood, by Wolver-hampton, into the river Severn, a little below Bewdley ; and, fromGreat Haywood, is called the Wolverhampton canal.

By the first plan the number of miles is 107 ; namely,

Miks.

From Winsford-bridge, on the river Weaver in Cheshire,to Bridgeford-bridge, in the county of Stafford — — 32 4

From Bridgeford-bridge, in the county of Stafford, toWilden Ferry, in the county of Derby, — — 43

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