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CHAPTER VIII. 

 The Government in its Connection with Agriculture. 



No Minister of Agriculture, and no Government 

 Control exercised, or State Schools for Agricul- 

 ture, or Flocks or Herds maintained by Govern- 

 ment The Inclosure Commission the only State 

 Department connected with the Land Its 

 various Functions Main Drainage Commissions 

 for Control of Floods These beneficial where 

 not permitted to remain too long stagnant 

 Great Engineering Works seldom required Ex- 

 change of Intermixed Lands inexpensive and 

 simple in its Operation Extent to which the 

 Power of Exchange is used ... ... in 119 



CHAPTER IX. 



Waste Lands and Copyholds. 



Inclosure of Waste Lands, its Extent and Results 

 Quality and Occupation of Persons to whom 

 Waste Lands passed Extent of Public Roads 

 constructed and Value of Lands devoted to 

 Public Objects, at the Cost of the Owners of 

 Common Rights, equal to one-eighth of Value of 

 the whole Land inclosed Enfranchisement of 

 Copyhold Lands and Buildings Number com- 

 pleted Extinction of this objectionable kind of 

 Tenure desirable Mode of accomplishing this 120 130 



