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no injury ; for neither he, nor any of his predecef- 

 fors, had ever reaped any advantage from it. This 

 obdacle certainly might be removed, by giving a 

 fair equivalent for tithes, the value of which ought 

 to be eftimated, from what the land would produce, 

 without any aid of foreign manure, or extra expences 

 of the nature above ftated. 



Survey of Essex, p. 25. 



Another hindrance to the improvements, which 

 men of property and fpirit might otherwife make, 

 particularly in regard to wade and uncultivated 

 land, is the prefent mode of rewarding the labours 

 of the clergy. Could the honourable Board fuggeft 

 fome fair equivalent, which would make that mod 

 valuable member of fociety, the farmer, fecure in 

 all the juft gains of his laborious endeavours, without 

 injuring the legal rights of the church, it would 

 confer the mod fubftantial benefit on the landed in- 

 terefl in general, afTift morality and good neighbour- 

 hood, and give comfort to the tithe-gatherer, as well 

 as to the landlord and the hufbandman; all of whom, 

 were the fubjeft properly underflood, it would not 

 be difficult to latisfy. 



Survey of Kent, p. 28. 



IJIe of Tbanet. If a fair commutation for iii/jg could 

 be devifed, fo as to fatisfy all parties, there can be 



no 



