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There feems to be no good reafon (provided a 

 fair and equitable ratio of commutation could be 

 pointed out which would extend generally to all de- 

 fcriptions of tithes in the kingdom, and if a power 

 were lodged fomc'where to carry thofe commutations 

 into effcft without the great "expence of feparate afts 

 of parliament) why many parifhes might not foon be 

 exonerated from this incumbrance. 



It has been before obferved, that it is not necefTary 

 that commutations of all the tithes in the kingdom 

 fhould be made at once; nor would it indeed be 

 prafticable. If the great defideratum of a general 

 ratio^ that would be in all cafes an equitable bargain 

 between the tithe-receiver and the tithe-payer, could 

 be fettled j and a power could be conflituted to carry 

 fuch bargains into execution ; commutations of this 

 kind would be made as fajl as they ivere wanted, viz, 

 •whenever tithes be came a matter of contention. 



There are two kinds of compenfation that can be 

 given for tithes, viz. 



I/?. An equivalent in the grofs; and 



idly. A yearly commutation. 



An equivalent in the grofs may be given in two 

 ways, viz. 



\fi. By obliginrr the tithe-owners to fell their in- 

 terefl: to the landholders for a valuable confideration 

 in money j or, 



