Substitution of peat for coal.
As it is, I fear, certain that coal will never fall below fifteen or sixteen shillings a ton at the pit’s mouth, we ought not to neglect any possible source of supply. It has been suggested that the time has come when the peat bogs of these islands should be turned into coal and charcoal; and I am informed that the cost of the process does not exceed five shillings a ton. If these anticipations are verified, the drain on our coal-pits will be materially lessened.