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have lost, but both may avoid similar conse- 

 quences by the adoption of the plan already 

 noticed ; viz. the landlord immediately build- 

 ing new houses in situations where they will 

 confer a value upon his property and a blessing 

 upon his subjects. 



3. In the above examples we have supposed 

 that all parties had plenty of money, an hy- 

 pothesis which merits no practical remark. 

 Experience has satisfactorily proved to tenants, 

 that their greatest loss has arisen from the ap- 

 propriation of capital to permanent improve- 

 ments, especially in the erection of houses, which 

 ought to have gone towards the purchase of 

 stock and manure. In order to avoid immediate 

 sacrifices from this source, similar, if not greater 

 ones have ultimately been sustained from im- 

 properly executed improvements. The want 

 of capital also on the part of the landlord has 

 almost excluded him from taking an active part 

 in the improvement of his property. For the 

 want of means, the few improvements executed 

 by him have been of a very superficial kind, 

 especially in draining, and the losses conse- 

 quently experienced by both parties very great. 



The adoption of the scheme which we propose 



