INCREASING THE SIZE OF SCOTLAND.
This was the subject of a paper read the ether day before the Royal Scott iih Society t>f Arts, Edinburgh, by Mr H. M. Cadell. tii Grange He urged the e<irr> ing out of <i Fc-heme formerly mooted for the reclamation of the huge expanse of mud along the fore fchore between Bone -, and Giangcinnmh In 1875 a ueighboiiiing landed piopnetor. Mr Liviiip?t.nir> LiMi-month. of Parklnll. pro |)O3ed to reclaim 3500 a<iei- of th* said fore Fhore at a eo=t of £275.000, but the bill was (thrown out in the House of Lord-,. Mr Ijearxnonth then went to Denmaik, where he reclaimed 11,000 acres of land. Mi CadeH's. Fcheme is an excellent one. no do.ihr. and would greatly improve a doo!<itc distucr. ibufc it is to be feared that ti <• money required to carry it cut is not !'!ce!> to be forthcoming. However, f-imi'ar wit 1 , ov a emallr-i- scale is b"ii>" cruc-d en a* nre- nt at Bridgene-s and Hoi"*.-.-. -<i <■. .- h -<\ >i\.-> in hope tha: the bi7™r. m liri.jc will <io i'hv br> t.il-'t-n i» b^Pf'
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Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 30
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183INCREASING THE SIZE OF SCOTLAND. Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 30
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