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no farmer could reafonably complain of his 

 annual taxation, when lie is thus rewarded 

 according to his merit ; for he, and every 

 farmer has a chance of gaining one or more 

 of thefe premiums who has only an hundred 

 acres, and pays, we fliall fay, two pence 

 halfpenny for each acre, which is a guinea 

 annually ; and this for ten years is only ten 

 guineas for the higheft clafs, and for this he 

 has a chance of gaining L. 300, and almoft 

 a certainty of gaining more than one prize, 

 if he is induflrious, although he does no more 

 than follow the example of thofe that gained 

 the prizes before him. 



In the courfe of ten years, there would be 

 fixty prizes of L. 50 each, which would make 

 L. 300 annually ; iixty of L. 25 each, L. 150 ; 

 fixty of L. 10 each, L. 60, in each diftridl; 

 fo that the rich farmer, who has a large ex- 

 tent of ground, and the poor one who has 

 but a fniiill portion, have each a chance to 

 gain fo me of thefe premiums, if they pay at- 

 tention to thofe that gained the prizes before 

 them. 



But although the farmer fliould gain no 

 prize at all, yet he would be a greater gainer 



than 



