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ing table, No. i , calculated for the valuation of paf-, 

 ture, which will difcover the great advance of eftates 

 in the courfe of forty years, by comparing it with 

 the prefent valuation as in table No. 2. 



No. II. 

 Valuation table in 1796. 



Quality of the land. Price per acre. 



jT. s. d. 



No. I. 

 Valuation table in 1755. 



Quality of the land. Price per acre. 



No. I 15 



£ 12 



3 



4 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 



I o 

 o 17 



O 12 



o 10 

 o 5 



O 2 



O 



6 



o 

 6 

 o 

 6 



o 

 o 

 6 



No. I 

 2 



3 



4 



5 

 6 



7 



8 



3 10 

 3 5 

 3 o 



2 10 



2 5 

 2 o 



I 10 



o 



o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 



Thefe tables will give a better anfwer to the Lady 

 who'confulted Lord Mansfield, than his Lordfliip 

 gave her with regard to the difpofing of her cafh to 

 the bell advantage. " If, fays he, your Ladyfliip 

 *' wants principal without interefl, buy land; — if in- 

 *' terefl without principal, lend your money on mort- 

 " gage; — but if principal aiid intereft, purchafe in 

 " the Stocks." 



However, if we will calculate from experience, we 

 ftiall by the following iketch be undeceived with re- 

 gard to the increafmg value of landed property, more 

 efpecially as it is made independant of any extraor- 

 dinary efforts of agricultural management. 



Dates 



