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would be a fufferer by the taxation ; as both 

 gentlemen, proprietors, and farmers in each 

 diftrift, could eafily fee, that the whole of 

 that money was folely applied for encourag- 

 ing improvements in agriculture, and to no 

 other purpofe. And as this fcheme would 

 increafe the whole produce of Britain, and 

 confequently reduce the price of provisions, 

 therefore the inhabitants of large cities and 

 towns ought likewife to contribute a propor- 

 tion, as well as the nobility, gentlemen, and 

 farmers in the country. 



Suppofe a gentleman had a thoufand acres 

 of land, in. but indifferent order, his own 

 taxation would only be ten guineas annually. 

 By this fcheme, in the courfe of forty years, 

 his rents would be more than doubled, and 

 the whole improved in great order, and 

 would flill be improving fo long as the 

 fcheme continued ; and to this may be added 

 his chance of gaining premiums himfelf. No 

 gentleman need hefitate to pay one guinea 

 for every hundred acres, when he would 

 reap fo much advantage. Six and twenty 

 gentlemen, having a thoufand acres each, the 

 farmers paying the fame, would raife five 



hundred 



