[33] Smiles states that Yarranton was offered 250l. and eight salt vats at Upwich, valued at 80l. per annum, with three quarters of a vat in Northwich for 21 years, in payment for the work. It is interesting to compare these terms with those on which some of our modern streams have been deepened and improved.
[34] Yarranton’s ‘Improvement by Land and Sea.’
[35] ‘Industrial Biography,’ by S. Smiles, p. 65.
[36] ‘Britannia,’ Holland’s Translation, 1637.
[37] Address of the President of Section G, British Association Meeting at Dublin, 1878.
[38] Paper on “River Control and Management,” by J. C. Hawkshaw, ‘British Association Report for 1878.’
[39] The following figures give the tonnage of the entrances and clearances in the foreign trade (including British possessions) of the principal rivers in 1888:—
| River | Entrances. | Clearances. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| tons | tons | tons | |
| The Thames | 7,471,000 | 5,471,000 | 12,942,000 |
| ” Mersey | 5,368,000 | 4,941,000 | 10,309,000 |
| ” Clyde (Glasgow only) | 994,000 | 1,154,000 | 2,148,000 |
| ” Tyne | 2,818,000 | 4,392,000 | 7,210,000 |
| ” Tees (Middlesbro’ only) | 681,000 | 555,000 | 1,236,000 |
| ” Humber | 1,897,000 | 1,503,000 | 3,400,000 |