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ment, and in the second place it will almost ex- 

 tinguish poor rates, and hence turn money, 

 at present flowing in this fruitless channel, into 

 a productive one. There may therefore pro- 

 bably be an increased demand for manufactured 

 goods in England and the Lowlands of Scot- 

 land, from this source, to the amount of from 

 8,000,0007. to 10,000,000/. annually. 



In Ireland matters are very different from 

 what they are in England in every respect. 

 In the latter no advance of wages are pre- 

 sumed to have taken place or alteration in the 

 price of labour, while in the former wages 

 must be doubled, tripled, and quadrupled, and 

 the price of labour at the same time reduced. 

 Before even an advance of wages can be ob- 

 tained, an entire revolution must take place, 

 not only in the system of Husbandry but 

 also in the mode of living and working. 

 The food, clothing, household accommodation, 

 implements of the labourer, and his relation with 

 his employer, must all be changed. This 

 change is, no doubt, a work of gradation, 

 and will take some considerable period of time 

 before it can possibly be concluded: still the 

 result is obvious if persevered in ; for the facts 



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