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those” stockitigs’ more out of the reachfor°his: personal wear= ofthe 
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which is sufficient barely to sustain him !—it is impudence to attempt to 
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judged of—that, at such an average rent, they are not getting too miuch ; 
while, in fact, if the average were as low as 20s., it does not prove at 
all that their gains are not enormous, and ruinous to the state ; but, in 
fact, may go—and does go—much nearer to prove the very contrary. 
For how is this precious average arrived at? We will take Mr. Cal- 
vert’s own words for the manner. He says: “ we will take the best land 
in cultivation at 50s., and the Jad at 5s :" and thus he gets’ his average of 
30s. But then, we have only to zncrease the quantity of “bad”that 
is, barren land—brought into cultivation—such land as ought not’ to’ be 
cultivated at all; andin that case while you increase the real aniownt of the 
landlord’s rent-roll by all that he receives for this addition ‘of bad”. 
land, you lower the average rent of all that he possesses—(is fot'this a 
pleasant mode of calculation ?)—just as far as you please!) 99)" 
For instance, ‘say I have an estate of a thousand acres of-land,"-five 
hundred acres of which is of the “best” quality—and five hundred of the. 
