WATER CARRIAGE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Water carriage

... is at present in its virgin state, and is obtainable on easy terms and at a low rate. Government land is worth on an average L1 per acre, and privately-owned land suitable for fruit-growing can be purchased at from 10s. to L5 per acre, according to its quality and its distance from railway or water carriage. We have plenty of land, what we lack is population to work it; and there is no fear of over-crowding for many years to come. We have not only large areas of good fruit land at reasonable rates, but the Government of Queensland, through its Department of Agriculture, is always ready ...

— Fruits of Queensland • Albert Benson

... artificial waterways are also the best in Europe, and her vast production of mineral wealth is transported from mine to foundry and factory, and her vast production of lumber and grain is transported from forest and field to seaport, largely by means of water carriage. The Rhine, the Elbe, the Oder, and the Vistula are all navigable throughout their whole courses through German territory, while the Weser and the Danube are also navigable throughout great parts of their courses. All these navigable rivers are interconnected ...

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