§ THE EARL OF ESSEXsaid, that on Friday night he had been somewhat misunderstood. What he wished to express on that occasion was his decided conviction that if sewage was to be usefully employed in agriculture it must be applied in large quantities to small areas, and not in small quantities to extended areas. The latter system required considerable expense to be incurred for pipes, labour, and steam power, and the results would be invariably poor and meagre; while the other system at a small cost, would give a most satisfactory return. His experience proved 736 that where the sewage was in a proper condition, and the land in a fit state to receive it, it was difficult to estimate the large quantity of the manure that might be employed with advantage.