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Evidence on improvement of land 2

Evidence about the great potential for improving agricultural land in Kent, and how the South Eastern Railway could support this process.
Title

Evidence to Opposed Bill Committee on South Eastern Railway

Date

24 March 1836, p.232

Catalogue number

Parliamentary Archives, HC/CL/PB/2/2/36

Transcript

A: Yes

Q: Is it land in want of that description of improvement?

A: Decidedly

Q: Are you prevent applying that quantity of improvement by the expense at which you are obliged to get it?

A: The expense is so much it is almost a prohibition.