Railways, position of companies as ratepayers, 7-8; cost of railway construction and operation, 9-10; effect on railway rates, 10; advent of, 17-22; Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 21, 25, 28; Leicester and Swinnington Railway, 29; Midland Railway, 30; Great Northern Railway, 31; attitude of canal companies towards, 35-38; control of canals, 38-56, 57-73; railways in Germany, 100-102; in France, 102; recommendations, 145-146 Ratepayers, liability of, 7-8, 137 Rates, regulation of, on railways and canals, 27-28 Regents Canal, 129 Rennie, 124 Road-motors, 149 Rochdale Canal, 26, 120, 132 Ross, Mr A., 45-47 Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways, 62 Sandars, Mr Joseph, 21, 23-25, 34, 75 Saner, Mr J. A., 38, 67, 129 Sankey Brook and St Helen's Canal, 46 Saunders, Mr H. J., 39, 44 Select Committee on Canals (1883), 37 Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, 46 Shropshire Union Canal, 47-50, 69-72, 120 Somerset Coal Canal, 40 Speed, 122, 131 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, 26 Stalbridge, Lord, 86 Stephenson, George, 30 Stephenson, Robert, 30 Stourbridge Extension Canal, 45 "Strangulation" theory, 55, 143 Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, 45 Swansea Canal, 26, 45 Taxpayers, how affected, 3, 5, 137 Telford, 124 Thames and Severn Canal, 123 Thames steamboat service, 5 Thomas, Mr G. C., 39 Thwaite, Mr, 125 Trade, changes in, 11, 40-42, 52-54, 61, 74-92, 133-134 Traders, advice to, 146-147 Trent and Mersey Navigation, 16, 26, 27, 49, 69, 72, 122, 123 Troops, transport of, by canal, 18-19 Tunnels, canal, 123 Ulrich, Herr Franz, 97 United States, waterways in, 104-118 Vernon-Harcourt, Mr L. F., 135 Walker, Colonel, F. N. T., 5 Water-supply for canals, 24, 32, 33, 42-43, 62-64, 66, 77, 99, 127-130 Wheeler, Mr W. H., 99 Widenings, 66, 70, 71 Wilts and Berks Canal, 40 Worcester and Birmingham Canal, 26, 120, 123, 132 WORKS BY EDWIN A. PRATT THE TRANSITION IN AGRICULTURE _Crown 8vo. 350 pp. Illustrations and Plans. 5s. net._ "A book of great value to all interested in farming. Discusses, as correctly as possible, the hopeful development of subsidiary branches of agriculture, the prospects of co-operation, and the principles on which small holdings may be increased."--_The Outlook._ THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE _Cheaper and Enlarged Edition. Paper covers. 1s. net._ "The first impression produced on the mind of the thoughtful reader by a perusal of Mr Pratt's book is that, in one form or another, agricultural co-operation is inevitable.... To attempt to stand against the pressure of cosmopolitan conditions is as futile as Mrs Partington's attempt to keep back the Atlantic with a mop."--_Guardian._ RAILWAYS AND THEIR RATES WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE BRITISH CANAL PROBLEM _Cheap Edition. Paper Covers. 1s. net._