STATE PAPERS. 



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on the pediment of the entrance, 

 and have not been removed by 

 Lord Elgin. 



An exact copy of these draw- 

 ings, by the Marquis de Nointel's 

 painter, is given in i\I. Barry's 

 works ; which are rendered more 

 valuable on account of the de- 

 struction of a considerable part of 

 the temple in the Turkish war by 

 the falling of a A^enetian bomb, 

 within a short time after the 

 year in which they were made ; 

 which, however, must have been 

 prior to the date of 1683, affixed 

 to the plate in Barry's works, 

 {2 vol. p. 163. London, 1S09.) 



Some notes of M. Fauvel, a 

 painter and antiquarian, who 

 moulded and took casts from the 

 greatest part of the sculptures, 

 and remained fifteen years at 

 Athens, are given with the tracings 

 of these drawings ; in which it is 

 said, with regard to these pedi- 

 ments, " These figures were 

 adorned with bronze, at least if 

 we may judge by the head of Sa- 

 bina, which is one of the two 

 that remain ; and which, haviiig 

 fallen, and being much mutilated, 

 was brought to M. Fauvel. The 

 traces are visible of the little 

 cramps which probably fixed the 

 crown to the head. The head of 

 the Eaiperor Hadrian still exists. 

 Probably this group has be;'n in- 

 sei'ted to do honour to ikut em- 

 peror, for it is of a workmanship 

 difl'erent from the lest of the 

 sculpture." 



J^ricuUiirnl State of the Khtgdom, 

 being the Substance of the Replies 

 to a Circular Letter sent by the 

 Board of Agriculture. 



The Board of Agriculture, on 



assembling after the Christmas 

 vacation, considered it as an in- 

 cumbent duty to the Public, to 

 take tlie necessary measures for 

 ascertaining the real state of the 

 kingdom, in whatever most inti- 

 mately concerned its Agricultural 

 Resources ; and for this puipose, 

 ordered the following Circular 

 Letter and Queries to be imme- 

 diately dispatched to all their Cor- 

 respondents : 



Sir ; — The Board of Agricul- 

 ture, attentive to those circum- 

 stances wliich concern the Agri- 

 cultural Interest of the Kingdom, 

 beg your attention to the under- 

 wiitten Queries ; to which they 

 request the earliest possible Reply. 

 The importance of the subject, in 

 the present state of the Kingdom, 

 will without doubt induce you to 

 be carefully accurate in tlie an- 

 swers with which you may favour 

 us. I am. Sir, your obedient, and 

 verv humble Servant, 



J. Fane, Vice-President. 

 (Signed by Order of the Board.) 

 13th February, 1816. 



Queries. 



1 . Are any farms in your neigh- 

 bourhood unoccu'pied by teiiants ; 

 and ha^e landlords, in conse- 

 quence, been obliged to take them 

 into their own hands ? Please to 

 state the number of farms, and 

 their size. 



1. Have any tenants, within 

 your knowledge, given notice to 

 their landlords, of quitting their 

 farms at Lady- day, or any other 

 period ? 



3. Have any farms been lately 

 I'elet at an abatement of rent ; 

 and if so, what is the proj>nrtion 

 of Kucli abatement ? 



4. What circumstnnces, de- 



noting 



