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the neig;libourliood of col- 

 lieries. Teamsmen are esti- 

 mated to receive in money 

 and kind 29Z. 12s., and 

 shepherds 32Z. per annum. 



At Postelberg, in Bo- 

 hemia, labourers receive 

 \s. Sd. to 2s., and women 

 Is. O^d., to Is. Sd. per day ; 

 and the payment to shep- 

 herds and teamsmen is in 

 kind and very complicated. 

 At Lobositz, in Bohemia, 

 the general wages for a day 

 of ten hours for a man is 

 Is. l|(f. to Is. 7^d., and for 

 a woman ll^d. to Is. Sd. 

 As much work is done by 

 piece as possible, and 

 thereby the wage actually 

 paid to men is very much 

 increased. 



Farm Buildings. — The 

 farm buildings upon the 

 large estates of Hungary 

 and the provinces of the 

 empire must be surprising 

 to an English agriculturist. 

 Reference has already been 

 made to the noble, vaulted, 

 crypt-like bullock-stables 

 of Hungary, and the same 

 grand buildings were seen 

 upon almost every estate 

 visited in Moravia and 

 Bohemia. The finest met 

 with are situated at Cop- 

 schau, upon the Imperial 

 estate of Coding and Hol- 

 litsch. Here is a remark- 

 ably spacious and grand 

 homestead, originally built 

 by that great patroness of 

 agriculture, the Empress 

 Maria Theresa, for the 

 accommodation of a stud. 



