CONTENTS. 



PART THE FIRST. 



Page. 



On the distressed condition of the occupiers of the soil, and 

 on the causes which have induced it 1 



On the present and probable future average price of grain. 

 The inadequacy of this price to the cost of production. . . 3 



On the necessity of reducing the outgoings of the farmer to 

 enable him to meet the probable average price of grain 

 under the present Corn Laws. The reduction of his out- 

 goings the only means by which his distress can be reliev- 

 ed, and his circumstances improved. On the nature of 

 the outgoings which the law imposes, and how far they 

 may be reduced 6 



On the nature of the outgoings which are placed beyond the 

 controul of the legislature, and " are private bargains, 

 open from time to time and regulated by competition" . . 13 



On the condition of the labourers in husbandry, and on the 

 expediency of reducing their wages 15 



On the reduction of rent, and the extent to which it will be 

 necessary, in most cases, to reduce it, on the different 

 qualities of farming land, to meet the probable future 

 average price of corn under the present Corn Laws, after 

 Government have reduced the outgoings which the law 

 imposes 18 



On the effects which a nearer approximation to free trade 

 would have on landlords, and not only on landlords, but 

 also on tenants, and labourers in husbandry such an 

 approximation as would substitute for the existing pro- 

 tection, a fixed duty of 10s. a quarter 26 



