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 The cost of the Rhine-Elbe part of this Bill, as described above in the original Bill, remained at 13,039,235l. In addition, 2,075,000l. was to be granted for the Berlin-Stettin section, 1,131,550l. for the waterway from the Oder to the Vistula and for the Warthe, and 205,000l. for the improvement of the waterway between Silesia and the Oder-Spree Canal. The total sum asked for, therefore, under the new Bill was 16,450,785l. This Bill is still pending before the Landtag in June, 1902.

Other prominent projects are:—

The canalization of the Moselle-Saar.

The connection of Leipzig with Bresa, on the Elbe, and thus with the northern waterways.

A canal from Schwerin to the Baltic.

A canal from the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the Weser, via Oldenburg.

The improvement of the Rhine from Mannheim to Strasburg at a cost of 600,000l. All the final arrangements for beginning this great work are now completed. It is a most important project, as it will cheapen goods traffic not only to Switzerland and South Germany, but also to some parts of Italy and France. A depth of 6½ feet at low water is to be obtained.

Attention must now be given to the different methods of effecting changes of level, with their economic aspect.