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8 Quantity of Waste Lands in Great Britain. [Aug. 1, 
other productions of little value, though _ as early as possible, some general idea of 
No right of commons has ever been exer- the total extent of the unproductive lands 
cised thereon. It was impossible for in the kingdom, reserving it for future 
your committee to distinguish the one inguiry to ascertain the distinctions be= 
from the other: and they naturally ima. tween them. 
gined, that the Board might wish to form, 
General View of the Quantity of Waste Layvs in the Kincpom of Great 
Britatn. 
I. ENGLAND 
Number of 
Acres. 
County. Statement, on what founded Distinction of Lands. 
Bedford* ....-..|County Report, p. 11 -..-]Commons and, waste lands . . 
Berks 2 gemcw. A DIttosip. BN < wwe bee od Forests and commons .....- 40,000 
Biches: Pome, oats Dittopepe BZ, care ale ie « 5] WV ASEGEE Neate ae ate ails O10 6,000 
Cambridge ...... DILEOs N21 9G mm mere wees Wastes and commons ...... 185,300 
Wastes, including peat, 
Chester ......-. Ditta,p. Bd. --e SOE is: Sg Palin ge te t 60,000 
. 8 Wastes, including f 
Cornwall 50... [Ditto, p..56, 57 22 5-..- f Crofts, &e. + a " nae 
t 505,655 
Cumberland ..... Buttoy py G4). «cite k ote u Wastes and commons .....- 492,000 
Wastes, and not employed ; 
betnaad.0. Sp. Witte; (pS. 2. ui cts. } in husbandry, one-third t 239,492]. 
OF CHE COUNEY ees. ooo 
DEVOm tee ees 2S FLIECO; P65. =. csee oa~': Rta ae “ja 
POON Sees s.cte ne TOME Os Ped ai ae, wx sn ailnle Waste larids. 225 oRb oo ste 86,000 
Wathen. 22... POS py SO are 2 = wane ee Waste lands, about ...... 130,000 
Essex. .......- { cae fromthe coun- t Waste lands and forests .. } 27,695 
Gloucester ..-- -- County map ........../Wastes and forests........ 28,500 
Ce ae a Reports Pe S212 Waste lands and forests f 188,65 
7 9) Fh Ss oped fee ee 
Hereford ....--|County Report, p. 27 WASte, Onde Me a hid ss 6 nine 20,000 
cy? a Maree ae 2 ne aie alae = WWSUCE fe ein sitll anata, whee a 4,500 
Hunts .-....--]General information. ....|Wastes, including fens 1... 20,700 
Kentt os<<.%-..JConnty map), ....en=0-- Wastes and commons.....- 12,220 
Lancastert,......'- County Report, p. 52 Wastes, moors, and marshes 108,500 
Leicester -.. .8.: BEC Ds AG | » seyeiess a mee Waste lands .. 20... < awed 20,000 
‘ ~~ Commons, wastes, and un- 
Daim betes ce AD tOy p, 112 5 os one acd ceabestieatae eile lied \ 200,000 
Middlesex .....- } Calculated: ftom. the Commons and heath. ...- i 13,080 
county map .....- J : 
Monmouth .-... - General information ..../One-fourth waste. ....... F 67,520 
Norfolk .....-.. County Report, p. 5,13  |Wastes, including warrens - . 143,346 
Northampton .... |General information. ....|Commons and fens.....-.. 45,000 
. Wastes and mountainous 
Northumberland... |County Report, p. 7 -.-- Sarncs See oe 
Wotts’: 225..0222- Calculated from. the t Waste lands and forests... 
Sf Unenclosed land, one-third 
Rutland .-....--/County Report we Lie 50,000 
L. of the county ..-..... 
Saas + 2- <8 }From the county map... -]Wastes and commons ....- - 151,612 
peiesict Gain iae County. Report, p. 22 { ban commons, ae t 100,000 
* The common fields and meadows, the commons and waste lands, of the county of Bed- 
ford, are stated by the surveyor at 217,000 acres; of which, it is supposed, one-half is waste 
or common, 
+ By the County Report, since printed, 20,000. 
‘ } The quantity of waste land in the printed copy of the Report of Lancasbire ought to be 
akered to 108,500 acres. 
Stafford 
