Of2^ Agrlcuftural Intelligenc*. May 



according to the method generally adopted, be rendered liable tO' the tax* 

 for two years, inftcad of one, as fhould, in equity, be the cafe. Ac- 

 cording to the latitude thus taken, a farmer may be rated as enjoying 

 income out of lands from which he has quite removed, notwithftanding 

 the aft fays that the occupier is in all cafes liable. The many blun- 

 ders and errors in the aft call' loudly for a revifion of many claufesr 

 tliereof ; and when this is done, we truft tlie principle will not be ne- 

 glected. It gives us pfeafure to add, tliat tlK^ opinion given in our laft, 

 refpeding the ten;int's right to one eighth of deduction from- rent, is 

 now completely aicertained. 



We learn, that the labourers at the Caledonian Canal, and other 

 public works in the northern counties, have either deferted, or threat- 

 ened to defert, if their wages are not augmented,. It would be a pity 

 that tliofe great national undertakings (liould be converted into an en- 

 gine for raihng the value of labour. They were principally intended^ 

 Ave beheve, as a fource of employment to the people in the Highlands ; 

 iometliing of the kind being neceflar}*, after oblVacles had been thrown* 

 in the way of emigration. But if 1 8d. per day has been refufed, as 

 we are informed has been done, this circumftance mull afford fure evi- 

 dence that tl\e people are in a comfortable way* When bairacks^ 

 ■were ere6le4 hift year, the urgency of the cafe called for completing 

 them fpeedily,. tliough the expence was enormous ; but as to the north- 

 ern improvements, no fuch urgency can be adduced. If intended chief- 

 ly, as we beheve they were, for giving employment to the people, a 

 temporary ftoppage can be attended with no harm, feeing that the faft 

 itfelf proves that fuch employment is not called for by the circumllances- 

 of the country. In this way, wages may be regulated ;. never by any 

 pofitive enaftmen.t.— — -April 25. 



Extracts from' private Correspondence^ 



S C O T L A N D. 



Letter from Galloway y April 12. 



< I think the foil of this dillriA, generally fpeaking, is excellent 

 for turnips and potatoes, but not calculated for xrheat. The fields of 

 tlie former, which I cultivated lail feafon, were of a very fuperior qua- 

 lity to ordinary crops ; but the latter, though promifing well at firft^ 

 yielded fmall grain, and not altogether free of fmut, notwithflanding that 

 every attention was paid to tlie pickling procels. Corn markets have 

 been very dull for fome time pall. Oats, in the beginning of tlie fea- 

 fon, were 26s. ta 27s. per 12 buihek, but now are felling fo low as 

 20s. to 22^. Good potato oats for feed are 30s. to 32s. j this kind> 

 and dun oat^, are much ufed with us. Cattle markets are very dull.- 

 Some people, whofe keep is exhaulled, arc felling at prices which will: 

 allow little or nothing for the turnips ufed ; and I fhall be glad to 

 learn how the gentlemen in the eailcrn and fouthcrn counties, who have 

 taken turnips at 81. to lol. per acre, are to make out thefe prices. 



* We have had much wet wcathci lately, with fome froil aiid fnowj 



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