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 {| ! colspan="2" | Four-Hone Stage Coach, Average Velocity, 10 Miles per Hour. ! colspan="2" | Waggon, Four Horses, Average Velocity, 2½ Miles per Hour. ! Rates of Acclivity. !! Pence and Decimals. d. !! Rates of Acclivity. !! Pence and Decimals.. d. !!
 * + TABLE. Expence of drawing One Ton over One Mile at different Rates of Acclivity, by a Stage Coach and Waggon.
 * 1 in 10 || 77.24 || 1 in 10 || 52.07
 * 1 in 15 || 57.78 || 1 in 15 || 28.70
 * 1 in 20 || 50.47 || 1 in 20 || 22.83
 * 1 in 30 || 44.15 || 1 in 30 || 18.55
 * 1 in 40 || 41.25 || 1 in 40 || 16.79
 * 1 in 50 || 39.56 || 1 in 50 || 15.82
 * 1 in 60 || 38.46 || 1 in 60 || 15.20
 * 1 in 70 || 37.68 || 1 in 70 || 14.77
 * 1 in 80 || 37.09 || 1 in 80 || 14.46
 * 1 in 90 || 36.64 || 1 in 90 || 14.22
 * 1 in 100 || 36.28 || 1 in 100 || 14.04
 * 1 in 150 || 35.19 || 1 in 150 || 13.46
 * 1 in 200 || 34.64 || 1 in 200 || 13.18
 * 1 in 300 || 34.09 || 1 in 300 || 12.91
 * 1 in 500 || 33.65 || 1 in 500 || 12.69
 * 1 in 1,000 || 33.32 || 1 in 1,000 || 12.53
 * Horizontal || 32.98 || Horizontal || 12.36
 * }
 * 1 in 90 || 36.64 || 1 in 90 || 14.22
 * 1 in 100 || 36.28 || 1 in 100 || 14.04
 * 1 in 150 || 35.19 || 1 in 150 || 13.46
 * 1 in 200 || 34.64 || 1 in 200 || 13.18
 * 1 in 300 || 34.09 || 1 in 300 || 12.91
 * 1 in 500 || 33.65 || 1 in 500 || 12.69
 * 1 in 1,000 || 33.32 || 1 in 1,000 || 12.53
 * Horizontal || 32.98 || Horizontal || 12.36
 * }
 * 1 in 300 || 34.09 || 1 in 300 || 12.91
 * 1 in 500 || 33.65 || 1 in 500 || 12.69
 * 1 in 1,000 || 33.32 || 1 in 1,000 || 12.53
 * Horizontal || 32.98 || Horizontal || 12.36
 * }
 * Horizontal || 32.98 || Horizontal || 12.36
 * }
 * }

What would be the difference of expence of pavement and forming a good granite road, in the neighbourhood of London; say twenty miles?—If you take twenty miles, and also take the repairs of the roads for twenty years into account. I should say paving would be the cheapest. The great defect of all the London pavements arises from want of a strong and firm foundation. In Fleet-street, and some others, this has been partly accomplished of late, but certainly not as perfect as it might be. If on the road from this to Birmingham there was a portion laid off on the side of the road for Steam Carriages, which could be done without difficulty, and if it be made in a solid manner with pitching and well broken granite, it would fall very little short of a Railroad. My only reason for keeping it distinct from the other road, is the evident injury every road sustains from horses