French Navigable Water-Ways.
There are in France 4,575 miles of navigable rivers, as against 4,190 miles in 1852, and there are also 2,900 miles of canals, as against 2,440 miles in 1852. This shows an increase in rivers of 355 miles and in canals an increase of 4GO miles. But the increases were enormously expensive. Between 1852 and 1878 the outlay for them was nearly £14,00i ',000, and since IS7S it has been about £5,000,000 additional. Meanwhile the quantity of freight carried by water has increased only 4,000,000 tons.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 51, 24 May 1884, Page 5
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159French Navigable Water-Ways. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 51, 24 May 1884, Page 5
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