Show PEAT rr hEA FIGURES fifie Fi fiU IVES THAT PUT COAL INDUSTRY S T kiy ON BUM the nie calorific alue of ton tons of poat peat f hestily dug m and untreated is assumed to bo be equal that of one ton toil of ordinary coal the tacio I 1 0 aio alte in bieland acres of bo bog v land with a depth varying 0 from sixteen to thirty feet there are tons toil of peat to ono one aci acie e of bo bog I 1 and thi this would be equivalent to 1823 tons of coal accordia accordingly in ly the total cal milic value of the tile bo bog lands of ireland is estimated it as equal to that of tons of coal moreover at least hilf of this quantity could bo be conser conservatively arivel counted on as a available tillable ultimately for steam stettin i using n pul purposes poes pe beit tt f fuel aquil it to coil could be pi in tit selected localities in I 1 ireland reland at it 1 75 5 per ton some tie maintain that the peat bogi bog g are tire reproductive and that in tit some cabes the bogs 0 in increase inci case in ill thickness the fie or six si indies inches a it year according acco iding m to the nature of tho the llora flora this is simply however hoever and find there is doubt as to whether they are recuperative atall at all in III case reproduction bo be at all fill feasible the life of the bogs bog its u a it fuel would could under tinder adequate conserva tion tiun be capable of indefinite extension |