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GENER-\1, QUERIES TO FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 



1. To whom does the ground in this country belong in property ? 

 What is the nature of the tenure by which it is held ? Are there dif- 

 ferent kinds of tenures here at prelent in ufe ? WJicrein do they dif- 

 fer ; and what ate the moil; obvious peculiarities of each ? 



2. In what manner is the ground parcelied out to thofe who culti- 

 vate it ? Are thele cultivators the Jla-ves, the /vr-vants, or the tenants of 

 the lords of the foil? — \i Jtaves, Wh'it is the particular nature of their 

 lervitude ? To what talks are they fuhjedled ? How are ihey protcAed 

 by law, or by tlie cuilunis of the country? Can any cflimate be made 

 of the price of their labour when compared with that of free men ? 

 Are any devices adopted for exciting their iuduftry ? What are thty ? 

 \ifcrvanti. In what manner are thty regulated ? Under what fubordi- 

 nation are they placed during tiie abfence of their mailer ? For how 

 long a term arc they ufually engaged ? Particuiais that occur refpecfl- 

 ing wages, food, clothing ? &c. — If tenants. What is the nature of their 

 bargain ? Do the labouring utenfils, cattle, &c. belong to the farmer 

 himftlf, or to the lord of the foil ? If they belong to the landlord, What 

 rule is obferved a- to tents ? Is the rent in this cafe ufually paid in mo- 

 ney or in kind — by a fixed rate, or by a proportion of the produce ? 

 How is this proportion afcettalned ? — If the flocking belongs to the farmer 

 luii.feli, What is the nature of his tenure ? Is it verbal or in writing ? 

 from year to year only, or for a longer lime ? — If written contrad.s or 

 leafes are in ule, For how many years are thefe ufually grAnted ? Are 

 thefe leafes a perleol fecurity to the tenant for the term fpecified, pro- 

 viced the conditions on his part are duly implemented ? Is fuch a Icafe 

 good to the tenant againit any fuccciTor whatever ? Is it neceffary that 

 thefe conditions be fpecifically enumerated in the contrail, before they 

 can become obligatory on the tenant ; or may they be loofely and ge- 

 ticr.-!lly expreffed ? Are the tenants in any cafe liable in perfonal and in- 

 definite fervices to their lord or others ? Of what nature are thefe fer- 

 vices ? How are they generally exadled ? In what manner are the rents 

 payable ? In inoney or in kind, or both ? Is the quantum of that rent 

 fixed and invariable ; or is it a proportion of the produce ? If the laft. 

 How is that proportion rated, and its total amount alcertained ? 



3. Are the cultivators of the ground at perfedl liberty to rear what 

 kinds of produce they pleafe ; or are they by lanvnv by cuftom laid un- 

 der reflramts in this icfpetft ? If fo, Wlrat are the articles prohibited? 

 Do thefe prohibitions originate in confiderations refpedhing revenue ? 

 W'hat is the general fyflem of management in regard to rural produc- 

 tions ? Is the country in general flat or mountainous, woody or -open, 

 barren or fertile, well watered, or arid and bare ? Is it chiefly employ- 

 ed in rearing cultivated crops, or for pafturage ? — If a cultivated coun- 

 try, What are its principal prnduilions? Is it corn, vines, olives, mulber- 

 ries, or other ufeful crops ? What arc they ? How are each of them 

 particularly managed ? — If it be chiefly em[loycd in pafturage. What 

 are the domeftic animals reared Ivre ? To what ufes are they applied? 

 Haw are they managed ? — Ce as particular as pollible refpedliijg cither 



