ield to the Railway; we shall next endeavour to exhibit how
much will be saved between the present and the projected mode of
conveying it to Knaresbro':

From Pounds 1 2 0
Hull,
via B.
Bridge,
the
present
expense
per ton,
is
And the
time of
coming
from 10
to 21
days
From 0 5 0
Hull to
Bolton
Percy,
per ton
Removing 0 0 9
from the
boat
into the
waggon
Rail 0 6 0
dues, 18
miles,
at 4d.
per ton
per mile
Waggon 0 2 3 0 14 0
dues, 18
miles,
at 1.5d.
per ton,
per mile
0 8 0

By this statement it appears there is a saving of 8s. per ton from Hull
to Knaresbro'; and nothing seems to prevent the same ratio holding good
from Hull to Pateley-Bridge; besides should the Flax come from Hull on
board the regular traders, it will in all probability arrive at the
Wharfe mouth in two tides, and from thence to Knaresbro' in eight or nine
hours; but should the trade of Knaresbro' attract the notice of the
owners of steam vessels, its dispatch would doubtless be greater; and
more in proportion it would benefit the trade of the place; in as much as
cheapness of carriage and dispatch of goods whether manufactured or
otherwise are the very sinews of commerce, and in such proportion as
these are obtained, so will the wealth and prosperity of the town or
neighbourhood be regulated.

In presuming upon any increase of tonnage on this head, we feel equally
safe as on any other, or more so; for if the present mills turned by
water, and spinning Flax were found insufficient, some corn-mills might
easily be converted, and in lieu of them, wind-mills might be erected,
for which purpose many fine situations present themselves on both sides
of the valley, where there is abundance of stone and lime always
contiguous, which would render such erections less expensive than in many
other places.

The next subject for our consideration, and which naturally follows the
last, is the tonnage arising from manufactured

LINEN,

Which in former times when spinning was done by hand, was the staple
trade of Knaresbro' and its vicinity, but which, of late years has been
much on the decline, perhaps owing to many causes.

The principal one we are disposed to believe, arose from the capitalists
originall