Calculation of the expense of drawing one ton from Foster's Booth to Stowe Hill, and from Stowe Hill to Foster's Booth, on the supposition of raising the valley fifty feet, lowering the summit at Foster's Booth twentyfour feet, and reducing the slopes, from 1 in 16, 17, and 18, to 1 in 27 on the south side of the hills, and from 1 in 14 and 15 to 1 in 30 on the north side of the hill, as described in Plan No. III.

Calculation of the expense of drawing one ton by a stage coach from the Crown Inn at Foster's Booth to the

sixty-fifth milestone, and from the sixty-fifth milestone to the Crown Inn at Foster's Booth, on the supposition of raising the valley forty feet, cutting twenty-seven feet from the summit at Foster's Booth, and reducing the inclination on Lovell's Hill from 1 in 14 and 15 to 1 in 30, as described in Plan No. IV.

Calculation of the expense of drawing one ton by a stage coach over the road, when improved, as described in Plan No. V.

PLAN NO. I.

Estimate of the expense of making a new line of road between Stowe Hill and Foster's Booth, by which the valley would be raised fifty feet, and the greatest rate of inclination in any part would not exceed 1 in 30.

To 266,524 cubic yards of earth-work, at 1s.

To 24,238 cubic yards of earth-work, at 6d.

To 20 acres of land for site of new road
and embankment, at 1007. per acre
To 1,135 yards of fences over the embank-
ment, at 10s.

To 2,935 yards of post and rail fences,

at 6s.

To 4,070 yards of road-making, at 15s.
To culverts, 8 feet wide, under embank-

ments

To cross-drains

To field-gates

To toll-house and gates

3,052 10 0

616 0 0

50 0 0

100 0 0

400 0 0

21,597 10 0

Contingencies, to cover unforeseen expenses 2,159 10 0

£23,757 0 0