CHAPTER XXXV.

THE STATE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF WATERWAYS 469

APPENDICES.

I.—CHRONOLOGY OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND CANAL NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND UP TO 1852 475

II.—CANALS AND INLAND RIVER NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND, WALES, AND SCOTLAND, DISTINGUISHING MILEAGE UNDER, AND MILEAGE NOT UNDER, THE CONTROL OF RAILWAY COMPANIES 478

III.—THROUGH ROUTES OF CANAL AND INLAND NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES 485

IV.—STATEMENT OF THE CANALS, &c., IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY RAILWAY COMPANIES ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1882, ARRANGED UNDER THE DATES OF THE SPECIAL ACTS AUTHORISING THE ARRANGEMENTS 490

V.—THE PRINCIPAL RIVER SYSTEMS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA 490

INDEX 495

WATERWAYS AND WATER TRANSPORT.

SECTION I.

THE WATERWAYS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.